Historical Events In October - 23

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

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

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

0787  Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea on October - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1086  Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids on October - 23.  

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

1157  On this day in history the Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.  

1229  On this day in history otto II becomes earl of Gelre  

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

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1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.  

1520  On this day in history king Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V  

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

1641  Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 on October - 23.  

1642  Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament on October - 23.  

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

1654  On October - 23 johann Bernhard Staudt, composer  

1668  Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade on this day in history.  

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

1681  On October - 23 french troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg  

1684  Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted on October - 23.  

1690  On this day in history revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking  

1694  On October - 23 american colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec.  

1698  On October - 23 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 October - 23.  

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist on this day in history.  

1715  Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30) on October - 23.  

1739  On October - 23 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  On October - 23 columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50  

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

1767  On October - 23 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  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on October - 23.  

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.  

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on October - 23.  

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

1705  On this day in history birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)  

1713  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist  

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.  

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1450  On this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70  

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)  

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on this day in history.  

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

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

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