Historical Events In October - 23

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

0502  On this day in history 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  On October - 23 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  

1086  On October - 23 battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids  

1091  On this day in history tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge  

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

1229  On October - 23 otto II becomes earl of Gelre  

1260  Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.  

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

1520  King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V on October - 23.  

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

1588  Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on October - 23.  

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.  

1641  On October - 23 outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641  

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 this day in history johann Bernhard Staudt, composer  

1668  On October - 23 jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade  

1679  Meal Tub Plot against James II of England on October - 23.  

1681  French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg on October - 23.  

1684  Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted on this day in history.  

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

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

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1739  War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain on October - 23.  

1752  Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on this day in history.  

1753  On this day in history columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50  

1760  1st Jewish prayer books printed in US on October - 23.  

1767  H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer on October - 23.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1634  On this day in history birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)  

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

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)  

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

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

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

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.  

1581  On October - 23 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.