Historical Events In October - 23

0425  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Otto II becomes earl of Gelre on October - 23.   

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

1450  On this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

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 this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1641  On October - 23 outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641   

1642  On October - 23 battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament   

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 this day in history jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade   

1679  Meal Tub Plot against James II of England on October - 23.   

1681  On October - 23 french troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg   

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

1715  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)   

1753  On October - 23 columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50   

1760  On this day in history 1st Jewish prayer books printed in US   

1767  H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer on this day in history.   

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1503  On October - 23 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  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  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  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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