Historical Events In October - 23
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0425 On October - 23 valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.
0502 On October - 23 the Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
0585 Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico) on this day in history.
0787 On October - 23 byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea
1086 On this day in history 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 Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids on this day in history.
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 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.
1450 On October - 23 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 Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on this day in history.
1602 On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57
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 October - 23.
1654 On October - 23 johann Bernhard Staudt, composer
1668 On October - 23 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 On October - 23 colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted
1690 On this day in history revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking
1694 American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec on October - 23.
1698 On October - 23 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 this day in history.
1713 On October - 23 peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist
1715 Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30) on this day in history.
1739 War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain on October - 23.
1752 Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on this day in history.
1753 Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on October - 23.
1760 1st Jewish prayer books printed in US on October - 23.
1767 H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer on October - 23.