Historical Events In October - 23
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
0425 Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6 on October - 23. 

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 Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico) on October - 23. 

0787 On October - 23 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 this day in history. 

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

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 Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on October - 23. 

1602 On this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 

1641 Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 on October - 23. 

1642 On this day in history 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 this day in history johann Bernhard Staudt, composer 

1668 Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade on October - 23. 

1679 On this day in history 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 October - 23 revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking 

1694 On October - 23 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 this day in history. 

1713 Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist on this day in history. 

1715 On October - 23 peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30) 

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 October - 23. 

1753 On this day in history columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 

1760 On October - 23 1st Jewish prayer books printed in US 

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

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