Historical Events In August - 23

0079  On August - 23 mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.   

0406  On August - 23 battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians   

0476  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on August - 23.   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

1046  King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese on this day in history.   

1106  Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England on August - 23.   

1305  On August - 23 william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On this day in history battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers   

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on August - 23.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat on this day in history.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

1514  Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder on August - 23.   

1519  On August - 23 philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1541  On August - 23 jacques Cartier 1491-1557 arrives at Iroquois village of Stadacona on his third trip to Canada; starts to build Charlesbourg-Royale at western tip of Cape Diamond; first French fort in Canada; first French settlement in America.   

1541  On this day in history french explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.   

1542  On August - 23 rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code   

1553  On this day in history bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor   

1555  Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands on August - 23.   

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on August - 23.   

1577  Frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England on August - 23.   

1582  French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders on August - 23.   

1591  On this day in history luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) on August - 23.   

1595  On August - 23 michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.   

1614  University of Groningen opens on this day in history.   

1617  On August - 23 first one-way streets established (London)   

1617  1st one-way streets open (London) on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

1628  George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on August - 23.   

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on this day in history.   

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72