Historical Events In October - 23

0425  On October - 23 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 this day in history burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico)   

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

1091  On October - 23 tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge   

1157  On October - 23 the Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.   

1229  On October - 23 otto II becomes earl of Gelre   

1260  On this day in history koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.   

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

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist on this day in history.   

1588  Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on October - 23.   

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 this day in history battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament   

1644  On this day in history sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer on October - 23.   

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  On October - 23 french troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg   

1684  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.   

1702  -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

1715  Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30) on October - 23.   

1739  War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain on this day in history.   

1752  Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on this day in history.   

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

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

1767  H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer on this day in history.   

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1503  On October - 23 birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

1516  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on October - 23.   

1543  On this day in history birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  On this day in history birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on October - 23.   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

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 this day in history.   

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

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  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.