Historical Events In October - 23

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

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  Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea on October - 23.  

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  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  On this day in history otto II becomes earl of Gelre  

1260  On October - 23 koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered  

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

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

1543  On October - 23 juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist  

1588  On October - 23 medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander  

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

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  On this day in history johann Bernhard Staudt, composer  

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  French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg on October - 23.  

1684  Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted on October - 23.  

1690  Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on this day in history.  

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  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 October - 23.  

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 October - 23.  

1752  On October - 23 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 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 this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)  

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.  

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.  

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer  

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

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.