Today in History
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Aug 23, 79 |
Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. |
Aug 23, 406 |
Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians |
Aug 23, 476 |
Odoacer proclaimed King of of Italy, 1st barbarian King of Italy |
Aug 23, 1046 |
King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese |
Aug 23, 1305 |
William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England. |
Aug 23, 1328 |
Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers |
Aug 23, 1328 |
King Philip VI of France, crowned |
Aug 23, 1441 |
Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty |
Aug 23, 1514 |
Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder. |
Aug 23, 1541 |
French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada. |
Aug 23, 1542 |
Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code |
Aug 23, 1553 |
Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor |
Aug 23, 1555 |
Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands. |
Aug 23, 1566 |
Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam |
Aug 23, 1566 |
Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights |
Aug 23, 1582 |
French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders |
Aug 23, 1595 |
Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni. |
Aug 23, 1614 |
University of Groningen opens |
Aug 23, 1617 |
1st one-way streets open (London) |
Aug 23, 1708 |
Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur. |
Aug 23, 1711 |
Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence |
Aug 23, 1784 |
Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it |
Aug 23, 1796 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated |
Aug 23, 1799 |
Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power. |
Aug 23, 1813 |
Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French |
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