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 this day in history.  

0787  On this day in history byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea  

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  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  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  Otto II becomes earl of Gelre on this day in history.  

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 October - 23.  

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist on this day in history.  

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

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

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

1642  Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament on this day in history.  

1644  On October - 23 sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen  

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  On this day in history french troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg  

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

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

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

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

1702  On October - 23 -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet  

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

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

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

1752  Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on October - 23.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

0930  On October - 23 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 October - 23.  

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

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