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 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  On this day in history byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea   

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 October - 23.   

1086  On this day in history battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids   

1091  On this day in history tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge   

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

1520  On this day in history king Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V   

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

1641  On this day in history outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641   

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

1644  Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen on this day in history.   

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  On October - 23 revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking   

1694  On this day in history american colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec.   

1698  On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

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 October - 23 peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30)   

1739  On this day in history 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 this day in history columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50   

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

1767  On October - 23 h Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

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

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

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

1713  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

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

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 this day in history 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 October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)