Historical Events In October - 23

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  On October - 23 burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico)   

0787  Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea on October - 23.   

1086  On October - 23 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  Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge on this day in history.   

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

1229  Otto II becomes earl of Gelre on October - 23.   

1260  Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1520  On October - 23 king Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V   

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist on October - 23.   

1588  Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on this day in history.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

1641  On October - 23 outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641   

1642  On October - 23 battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament   

1644  On October - 23 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 this day in history.   

1679  Meal Tub Plot against James II of England on October - 23.   

1681  French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg on this day in history.   

1684  Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted on October - 23.   

1690  Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on this day in history.   

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 October - 23.   

1702  -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet on October - 23.   

1713  On October - 23 peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

1715  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1753  Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

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

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  On this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  On October - 23 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  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On this day in history birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  On this day in history birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

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

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  On October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1550  On October - 23 death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)