Historical Events In October - 23

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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  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 October - 23 otto II becomes earl of Gelre   

1260  Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

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 October - 23.   

1588  Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1684  On this day in history 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  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1760  On October - 23 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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

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  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)