Historical Events In October - 23

0425  On this day in history valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.  

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  On October - 23 burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico)  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

1543  On October - 23 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 this day in history.  

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 October - 23.  

1654  On October - 23 johann Bernhard Staudt, composer  

1668  Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade on October - 23.  

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 October - 23.  

1690  On October - 23 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  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on October - 23.  

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

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

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

1739  On this day in history 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 this day in history columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50  

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

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

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.  

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)  

1543  On October - 23 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 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 October - 23.  

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 October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered  

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

1456  On this day in history 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  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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