Historical Events In October - 23

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1086  On this day in history 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  Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

1641  On this day in history outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history 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 October - 23 -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet  

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

1715  Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30) on this day in history.  

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

1752  On October - 23 nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)  

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

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

1767  On October - 23 h Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer  

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1503  On this day in history birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)  

1516  On this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)  

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

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)  

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

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

1705  On October - 23 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  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1550  On October - 23 death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)  

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on October - 23.  

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

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)