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  On this day in history odoacer elected King of Byzantine   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1046  On this day in history king Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese   

1106  On August - 23 magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.   

1328  On August - 23 battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on this day in history.   

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

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72   

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

1519  On August - 23 philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) on August - 23.   

1540  On August - 23 guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1541  On this day in history 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  French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada on August - 23.   

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

1553  Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor on August - 23.   

1555  Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands on this day in history.   

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1577  Frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England on this day in history.   

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 this day in history michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.   

1614  University of Groningen opens on August - 23.   

1617  First one-way streets established (London) on August - 23.   

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

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

1668  On this day in history artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

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

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

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

0093  On August - 23 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  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.