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 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  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  Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids on this day in history.   

1091  On October - 23 tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge   

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

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

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

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

1520  On October - 23 king Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V   

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

1642  Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament on October - 23.   

1644  On this day in history sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen   

1654  On October - 23 johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

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

1679  On October - 23 meal Tub Plot against James II of England   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1715  On this day in history 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  Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on this day in history.   

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 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 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  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on October - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.   

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

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

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 this day in history.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.   

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.