Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Sep 23, 951 |
Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy |
Sep 23, 1122 |
Concordat of Worms agreed between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V |
Sep 23, 1408 |
Battle of Othée; victory of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy over Liège. |
Sep 23, 1459 |
Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses. |
Sep 23, 1513 |
King Henry III & Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik |
Sep 23, 1561 |
King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida |
Sep 23, 1642 |
Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass, 1st commencement |
Sep 23, 1739 |
Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade |
Sep 23, 1746 |
Jacob Gilles appointed Dutch pension advisor |
Sep 23, 1779 |
John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis |
Sep 23, 1780 |
British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point |
Sep 23, 1795 |
Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris |
Sep 23, 1803 |
Battle of Assaye: British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army |
Sep 23, 1806 |
Lewis & Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest |
Sep 23, 1818 |
Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed. |
Sep 23, 1821 |
Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks. |
Sep 23, 1830 |
Dutch troops occupy Brussels |
Sep 23, 1835 |
HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago |
Sep 23, 1845 |
1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code |
Sep 23, 1845 |
Hunger strike in Hague |
Sep 23, 1846 |
Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune |
Sep 23, 1857 |
Russian warship Leffort disappears in a storm in the Gulf of Finland; 826 die |
Sep 23, 1862 |
Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers |
Sep 23, 1863 |
Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins |
Sep 23, 1864 |
Battle of Athens VA |
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