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October 23rd, 4004 (October 23 4004) | Event | Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher | |
October 23rd, 2042 (October 23 2042) | Event | Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of PhilippiBrutus s army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide. | |
October 23rd, 2042 (October 23 2042) | Death | Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (born in 85 BCE) | Marcus Junius Brutus Quotes |
October 23rd, 2007 (October 23 2007) | Death | John Ilhan, Australian entrepreneur, Crazy John s mobile phones (born in 1965) | |
October 23rd, 2007 (October 23 2007) | Death | Lim Goh Tong, Founder of Genting Group (born in 1918) | |
October 23rd, 2006 (October 23 2006) | Death | Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (born in 1977) | |
October 23rd, 2005 (October 23 2005) | Death | Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (born in 1945) | |
October 23rd, 2005 (October 23 2005) | Death | William Hootkins, American actor (born in 1948) | |
October 23rd, 2005 (October 23 2005) | Death | John Muth, American economist (born in 1930) | |
October 23rd, 2004 (October 23 2004) | Event | A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. | |
October 23rd, 2004 (October 23 2004) | Death | Robert Merrill, American baritone (born in 1919) | |
October 23rd, 2003 (October 23 2003) | Death | Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (born in 1944) | |
October 23rd, 2003 (October 23 2003) | Death | Soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek (born in 1897) | Soong May ling Quotes |
October 23rd, 2002 (October 23 2002) | Event | Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. | |
October 23rd, 2002 (October 23 2002) | Death | Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (born in 1915) | |
October 23rd, 2001 (October 23 2001) | Event | The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks. | |
October 23rd, 2001 (October 23 2001) | Event | Apple releases the iPod. | |
October 23rd, 2001 (October 23 2001) | Death | Ronald William Kirby, British artist (born in 1928) | |
October 23rd, 2001 (October 23 2001) | Death | Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (born in 1917) | |
October 23rd, 2000 (October 23 2000) | Death | Rodney Anoa i aka Yokozuna, Samoan-American professional wrestler (born in 1966) | |
October 23rd, 1998 (October 23 1998) | Event | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement. | Yasser Arafat Quotes |
October 23rd, 1998 (October 23 1998) | Death | Barnett Slepian, American physician (born in 1946) | |
October 23rd, 1997 (October 23 1997) | Death | Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (born in 1916) | |
October 23rd, 1996 (October 23 1996) | Death | Bob Grim, baseball player (born in 1930) | |
October 23rd, 1994 (October 23 1994) | Death | Robert Lansing, American actor (born in 1928) | |
October 23rd, 1992 (October 23 1992) | Event | Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil. | |
October 23rd, 1991 (October 23 1991) | Birth | Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan | |
October 23rd, 1990 (October 23 1990) | Birth | Stevie Brock, American singer | |
October 23rd, 1990 (October 23 1990) | Death | Louis Althusser, French philosopher (born in 1918) | Philo Quotes |
October 23rd, 1989 (October 23 1989) | Event | The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Matyas Szuros, replacing the communist Hungarian People s Republic. | |
October 23rd, 1989 (October 23 1989) | Event | Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas killed 23 and injured 314. | |
October 23rd, 1989 (October 23 1989) | Death | Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (born in 1911) | |
October 23rd, 1988 (October 23 1988) | Birth | Nicolaj Agger, Danish football player | |
October 23rd, 1987 (October 23 1987) | Birth | Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play) | |
October 23rd, 1986 (October 23 1986) | Birth | Briana Evigan, American actress | |
October 23rd, 1986 (October 23 1986) | Birth | Jake Robinson, English footballer | |
October 23rd, 1986 (October 23 1986) | Death | Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1893) | |
October 23rd, 1985 (October 23 1985) | Birth | James Kotecki, American political blogger | |
October 23rd, 1984 (October 23 1984) | Birth | Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model | |
October 23rd, 1984 (October 23 1984) | Death | James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (born in 1892) | |
October 23rd, 1984 (October 23 1984) | Death | Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (born in 1922) | |
October 23rd, 1983 (October 23 1983) | Event | Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. Marines. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops. | |
October 23rd, 1983 (October 23 1983) | Birth | Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer | |
October 23rd, 1983 (October 23 1983) | Birth | Josh Strickland, American entertainer | |
October 23rd, 1983 (October 23 1983) | Death | Jessica Savitch, American journalist (born in 1947) | |
October 23rd, 1982 (October 23 1982) | Birth | Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer | |
October 23rd, 1981 (October 23 1981) | Birth | Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver | |
October 23rd, 1981 (October 23 1981) | Birth | Ben Francisco, American baseball player | |
October 23rd, 1980 (October 23 1980) | Birth | Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player | |
October 23rd, 1979 (October 23 1979) | Birth | Simon Davies, Welsh footballer | |
October 23rd, 1979 (October 23 1979) | Birth | Jorge Solis, Mexican professional boxer | |
October 23rd, 1978 (October 23 1978) | Birth | Steve Harmison, English cricketer | |
October 23rd, 1978 (October 23 1978) | Birth | Jimmy Bullard, English footballer | |
October 23rd, 1978 (October 23 1978) | Birth | Archie Thompson, Australian footballer | |
October 23rd, 1978 (October 23 1978) | Death | Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (born in 1909) | |
October 23rd, 1976 (October 23 1976) | Birth | Cat Deeley, English model and television personality | |
October 23rd, 1976 (October 23 1976) | Birth | Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian | |
October 23rd, 1975 (October 23 1975) | Birth | Odalys Garcia, Cuban actress | |
October 23rd, 1975 (October 23 1975) | Birth | Jessicka, American artist | |
October 23rd, 1975 (October 23 1975) | Birth | Keith Van Horn, American basketball player | |
October 23rd, 1974 (October 23 1974) | Birth | Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer | |
October 23rd, 1974 (October 23 1974) | Birth | Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress | |
October 23rd, 1973 (October 23 1973) | Event | The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal. | |
October 23rd, 1973 (October 23 1973) | Event | A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria. | |
October 23rd, 1971 (October 23 1971) | Birth | Christopher Horner, American cyclist | |
October 23rd, 1970 (October 23 1970) | Birth | Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster | |
October 23rd, 1969 (October 23 1969) | Birth | Trudi Canavan, Australian writer | |
October 23rd, 1967 (October 23 1967) | Birth | Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont) | |
October 23rd, 1966 (October 23 1966) | Birth | Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver | |
October 23rd, 1965 (October 23 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launch a new operation, seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands). | |
October 23rd, 1965 (October 23 1965) | Birth | Augusten Burroughs, American writer | |
October 23rd, 1965 (October 23 1965) | Birth | Al Leiter, American baseball player | |
October 23rd, 1964 (October 23 1964) | Birth | Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica) | |
October 23rd, 1962 (October 23 1962) | Birth | Doug Flutie, American football player | |
October 23rd, 1961 (October 23 1961) | Birth | Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer | |
October 23rd, 1961 (October 23 1961) | Birth | Don and Ron Harris, American professional wrestlers | |
October 23rd, 1961 (October 23 1961) | Birth | Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer | |
October 23rd, 1960 (October 23 1960) | Birth | Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist | |
October 23rd, 1960 (October 23 1960) | Birth | Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author | |
October 23rd, 1959 (October 23 1959) | Birth | Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor | |
October 23rd, 1959 (October 23 1959) | Birth | Sam Raimi, American film director | |
October 23rd, 1959 (October 23 1959) | Birth | "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist | Weird Al Yankovic Quotes |
October 23rd, 1959 (October 23 1959) | Death | Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (born in 1871) | |
October 23rd, 1958 (October 23 1958) | Event | The Springhill Mine BumpAn underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74. | |
October 23rd, 1958 (October 23 1958) | Birth | Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author | |
October 23rd, 1956 (October 23 1956) | Event | Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4). | |
October 23rd, 1956 (October 23 1956) | Birth | Dwight Yoakam, American singer | |
October 23rd, 1954 (October 23 1954) | Birth | Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director | Ang Lee Quotes |
October 23rd, 1952 (October 23 1952) | Birth | Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (died in 2005) | |
October 23rd, 1951 (October 23 1951) | Birth | Charly Garcia, Argentine singer | |
October 23rd, 1951 (October 23 1951) | Birth | Fatmir Sejdiu, President of Kosovo | |
October 23rd, 1950 (October 23 1950) | Death | Al Jolson, American singer and actor (born in 1886) | |
October 23rd, 1949 (October 23 1949) | Birth | Michael Wurzel Burston, British musician (Motorhead) | |
October 23rd, 1949 (October 23 1949) | Birth | Nick Tosches, American writer | |
October 23rd, 1948 (October 23 1948) | Birth | Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur | |
October 23rd, 1948 (October 23 1948) | Birth | Brian Ross, American journalist | |
October 23rd, 1948 (October 23 1948) | Birth | Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor | |
October 23rd, 1946 (October 23 1946) | Event | The United Nations General Assembly convened for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City. | |
October 23rd, 1946 (October 23 1946) | Birth | Mel Martinez, American politician | |
October 23rd, 1945 (October 23 1945) | Birth | Kim Larsen, Danish singer | |
October 23rd, 1944 (October 23 1944) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf beginsThe largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines; and also, the Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. | |
October 23rd, 1944 (October 23 1944) | Birth | Mike Harding, English singer and comedian | |
October 23rd, 1944 (October 23 1944) | Death | Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1877) | |
October 23rd, 1944 (October 23 1944) | Death | Hana Brady, Holocaust victim | |
October 23rd, 1942 (October 23 1942) | Event | World War II: The Second Battle of El Alamein startsAt El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begin a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt, never to return. | |
October 23rd, 1942 (October 23 1942) | Event | All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii"). | |
October 23rd, 1942 (October 23 1942) | Event | The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26. | |
October 23rd, 1942 (October 23 1942) | Birth | Michael Crichton, American writer | |
October 23rd, 1942 (October 23 1942) | Birth | Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (died in 2007) | |
October 23rd, 1942 (October 23 1942) | Death | Ralph Rainger, American composer (born in 1901) | |
October 23rd, 1941 (October 23 1941) | Event | World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations designed to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the German armies from capturing Moscow. | Georgy Zhukov Quotes |
October 23rd, 1941 (October 23 1941) | Event | Burning of the Odessa, Ukraine, Jews: 19,000 Jews are burned alive at Dalnik in Odessa, by Romanian and German troops. The next day, another 10,000 Jews are killedied in Romanian Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolae Deleanu administered the executions. | |
October 23rd, 1941 (October 23 1941) | Birth | Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician | |
October 23rd, 1941 (October 23 1941) | Birth | Mel Winkler, American actor | |
October 23rd, 1940 (October 23 1940) | Birth | Ellie Greenwich, American singer | |
October 23rd, 1940 (October 23 1940) | Birth | Pele, Brazilian footballer | |
October 23rd, 1940 (October 23 1940) | Birth | Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol "superstar" | Andy Warhol Quotes |
October 23rd, 1939 (October 23 1939) | Death | Zane Grey, American author (born in 1872) | Zane Grey Quotes |
October 23rd, 1936 (October 23 1936) | Birth | Philip Kaufman, American film director | |
October 23rd, 1935 (October 23 1935) | Event | Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre. | |
October 23rd, 1935 (October 23 1935) | Birth | Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez, Puerto Rican golfer | |
October 23rd, 1931 (October 23 1931) | Birth | Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician | |
October 23rd, 1931 (October 23 1931) | Birth | Diana Dors, British actress (died in 1984) | |
October 23rd, 1931 (October 23 1931) | Birth | William P. Clark, United States Secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
October 23rd, 1930 (October 23 1930) | Event | The first miniature golf tournament was completed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. | |
October 23rd, 1929 (October 23 1929) | Event | Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic. | |
October 23rd, 1929 (October 23 1929) | Event | The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California. | |
October 23rd, 1928 (October 23 1928) | Birth | Harold P. Warren, American movie director (died in 1985) | |
October 23rd, 1928 (October 23 1928) | Birth | Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (died in 1971) | |
October 23rd, 1927 (October 23 1927) | Birth | Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher | Philo Quotes |
October 23rd, 1925 (October 23 1925) | Birth | Johnny Carson, American television host (died in 2005) | |
October 23rd, 1925 (October 23 1925) | Birth | Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (died in 1994) | |
October 23rd, 1925 (October 23 1925) | Birth | Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (died in 1990) | |
October 23rd, 1923 (October 23 1923) | Birth | Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet | |
October 23rd, 1923 (October 23 1923) | Birth | Ned Rorem, American composer | |
October 23rd, 1923 (October 23 1923) | Birth | Frank Sutton, American actor (died in 1974) | |
October 23rd, 1922 (October 23 1922) | Birth | Coleen Gray, American actress | |
October 23rd, 1921 (October 23 1921) | Death | John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (born in 1840) | John Scott Quotes |
October 23rd, 1920 (October 23 1920) | Birth | Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (died in 1998) | |
October 23rd, 1919 (October 23 1919) | Birth | Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (died in 1992) | Aristotle Quotes |
October 23rd, 1918 (October 23 1918) | Birth | James Daly, American actor (died in 1978) | |
October 23rd, 1917 (October 23 1917) | Event | Lenin calls for the October Revolution. | |
October 23rd, 1915 (October 23 1915) | Event | Woman s suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote. | |
October 23rd, 1915 (October 23 1915) | Death | W. G. Grace, English cricketer (born in 1848) | |
October 23rd, 1912 (October 23 1912) | Event | First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. | |
October 23rd, 1911 (October 23 1911) | Event | First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War. | |
October 23rd, 1910 (October 23 1910) | Death | Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (born in 1853) | |
October 23rd, 1909 (October 23 1909) | Birth | Zellig Harris, American linguist (died in 1992) | |
October 23rd, 1908 (October 23 1908) | Birth | Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1990) | |
October 23rd, 1906 (October 23 1906) | Event | Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France. | |
October 23rd, 1905 (October 23 1905) | Birth | Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1983) | |
October 23rd, 1905 (October 23 1905) | Birth | Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (died in 2003) | |
October 23rd, 1904 (October 23 1904) | Birth | Harvey Penick, American golfer (died in 1995) | |
October 23rd, 1900 (October 23 1900) | Birth | Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (died in 1958) | |
October 23rd, 1896 (October 23 1896) | Birth | Andre Leveque, French engineer (died in 1930) | |
October 23rd, 1894 (October 23 1894) | Birth | Rube Bressler, baseball player (died in 1966) | |
October 23rd, 1893 (October 23 1893) | Birth | Gummo Marx, American actor (died in 1977) | |
October 23rd, 1888 (October 23 1888) | Birth | Onesime Gagnon, Canadian politician (died in 1961) | |
October 23rd, 1885 (October 23 1885) | Birth | Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (died in 1970) | |
October 23rd, 1885 (October 23 1885) | Death | Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (born in 1829) | |
October 23rd, 1880 (October 23 1880) | Birth | Una O Connor, Irish actress (died in 1959) | |
October 23rd, 1876 (October 23 1876) | Birth | Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (died in 1970) | |
October 23rd, 1875 (October 23 1875) | Birth | Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (died in 1946) | |
October 23rd, 1872 (October 23 1872) | Death | Theophile Gautier, French writer (born in 1811) | |
October 23rd, 1870 (October 23 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory. | |
October 23rd, 1870 (October 23 1870) | Birth | Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (died in 1948) | |
October 23rd, 1869 (October 23 1869) | Birth | John Heisman, American football player and coach (died in 1936) | |
October 23rd, 1869 (October 23 1869) | Death | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1799) | |
October 23rd, 1867 (October 23 1867) | Event | 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate. | |
October 23rd, 1865 (October 23 1865) | Birth | Neltje Blanchan, American writer (died in 1918) | |
October 23rd, 1864 (October 23 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of WestportUnion forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City. | |
October 23rd, 1861 (October 23 1861) | Event | U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
October 23rd, 1855 (October 23 1855) | Event | Kansas Free State forces set up a competing government under their Topeka, Kansas, constitution, which outlaws slavery in the United States territory. | |
October 23rd, 1844 (October 23 1844) | Birth | Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (died in 1923) | |
October 23rd, 1844 (October 23 1844) | Birth | Robert Bridges, English poet (died in 1930) | Robert Bridges Quotes |
October 23rd, 1835 (October 23 1835) | Birth | Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (died in 1914) | Adlai Stevenson Quotes |
October 23rd, 1817 (October 23 1817) | Birth | Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (died in 1875) | |
October 23rd, 1815 (October 23 1815) | Birth | Joao Mauricio Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (died in 1889) | |
October 23rd, 1813 (October 23 1813) | Event | The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom). | |
October 23rd, 1813 (October 23 1813) | Birth | Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (died in 1848) | |
October 23rd, 1812 (October 23 1812) | Event | Claude Francois de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he was now the commandant of Paris. De Malet is executed on October 29. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
October 23rd, 1805 (October 23 1805) | Birth | John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (died in 1886) | John Russell Quotes |
October 23rd, 1801 (October 23 1801) | Birth | Albert Lortzing, German composer (died in 1851) | |
October 23rd, 1796 (October 23 1796) | Birth | Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (died in 1857) | |
October 23rd, 1790 (October 23 1790) | Birth | Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (died in 1860) | |
October 23rd, 1774 (October 23 1774) | Death | Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (born in 1715) | |
October 23rd, 1771 (October 23 1771) | Birth | Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (died in 1813) | |
October 23rd, 1766 (October 23 1766) | Birth | Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (died in 1847) | |
October 23rd, 1764 (October 23 1764) | Death | Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (born in 1683) | |
October 23rd, 1762 (October 23 1762) | Birth | Samuel Morey, American inventor (died in 1843) | |
October 23rd, 1739 (October 23 1739) | Event | War of Jenkins Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain. | |
October 23rd, 1730 (October 23 1730) | Death | Anne Oldfield, English actress (born in 1683) | |
October 23rd, 1715 (October 23 1715) | Birth | Peter II of Russia (died in 1730) | |
October 23rd, 1707 (October 23 1707) | Event | The first Parliament of Great Britain, i.e., the United Kingdom, meets. | |
October 23rd, 1705 (October 23 1705) | Birth | Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (died in 1757) | |
October 23rd, 1698 (October 23 1698) | Birth | Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (died in 1782) | |
October 23rd, 1694 (October 23 1694) | Event | American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec. | |
October 23rd, 1688 (October 23 1688) | Death | Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (born in 1610) | Philo Quotes |
October 23rd, 1642 (October 23 1642) | Event | Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War. | |
October 23rd, 1641 (October 23 1641) | Event | Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of anniversary commemorated by Irish Protestants for over 200 years. | |
October 23rd, 1634 (October 23 1634) | Birth | Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (died in 1715) | |
October 23rd, 1616 (October 23 1616) | Death | Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (born in 1563) | |
October 23rd, 1581 (October 23 1581) | Death | Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (born in 1529) | |
October 23rd, 1550 (October 23 1550) | Death | Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (born in 1480) | |
October 23rd, 1516 (October 23 1516) | Birth | Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (died in 1524) | |
October 23rd, 1503 (October 23 1503) | Birth | Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (died in 1539) | |
October 23rd, 1456 (October 23 1456) | Death | Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (born in 1386) | |
October 23rd, 1157 (October 23 1157) | Event | The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country. | |
October 23rd, 1086 (October 23 1086) | Event | At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI. | |
October 23rd, 0930 (October 23 0930) | Death | Daigo, Emperor of Japan (born in 885) | |
October 23rd, 0502 (October 23 0502) | Event | The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. | |
October 23rd, 0425 (October 23 0425) | Event | Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6. | |