Historical Events In October - 23

0425  Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6 on October - 23.   

0502  The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius on October - 23.   

0585  Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico) on October - 23.   

0787  On October - 23 byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea   

1086  A Muslim army from Africa defeats Castile's Alfonso VI October 23 at Zallaka Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Berber leader of the Almoravids, sends cartloads of Christian heads to the chief cities of Spain and Africa's Magrib as evidence of his victory on October - 23.   

1086  Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids on this day in history.   

1091  On October - 23 tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge   

1157  On October - 23 the Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.   

1229  On October - 23 otto II becomes earl of Gelre   

1260  On October - 23 koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1520  King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1588  On October - 23 medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1641  Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament   

1644  Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen on this day in history.   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer on October - 23.   

1668  On this day in history jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade   

1679  On October - 23 meal Tub Plot against James II of England   

1681  French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg on this day in history.   

1684  On October - 23 colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted   

1690  Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on October - 23.   

1694  American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1702  -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet on this day in history.   

1713  On October - 23 peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

1715  On October - 23 peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30)   

1739  On this day in history war of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.   

1752  On this day in history nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)   

1753  Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on October - 23.   

1760  1st Jewish prayer books printed in US on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer   

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1503  On October - 23 birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  On October - 23 birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On October - 23 birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on October - 23.   

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on October - 23.   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on this day in history.   

1260  On October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on October - 23.   

1550  On this day in history death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  On this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on October - 23.