Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jul 23, 636 |
Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire |
Jul 23, 685 |
John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
Jul 23, 1148 |
Crusaders attack Damascus |
Jul 23, 1215 |
Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen |
Jul 23, 1253 |
Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent IV |
Jul 23, 1298 |
Rindfleisch Persecutions - Jewish community in Wurzburg Germany massacred |
Jul 23, 1431 |
G Cesarini opens Counsil of Basel (Ferrara/Florence) |
Jul 23, 1453 |
Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion |
Jul 23, 1532 |
Emperor Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League sign Peace of Nuremberg |
Jul 23, 1540 |
Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary |
Jul 23, 1558 |
Battle of Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal of Egmont beat France |
Jul 23, 1572 |
William of Orange's troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden |
Jul 23, 1594 |
Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis |
Jul 23, 1599 |
Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings |
Jul 23, 1632 |
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. |
Jul 23, 1664 |
4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston |
Jul 23, 1726 |
Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia |
Jul 23, 1745 |
Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides |
Jul 23, 1764 |
James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation |
Jul 23, 1793 |
The Prussians conquer Mayence. |
Jul 23, 1798 |
Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt |
Jul 23, 1803 |
Robert Emmett leads rebellion in Dublin |
Jul 23, 1812 |
Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napoleon fights Tsar Alexander I |
Jul 23, 1827 |
1st US swimming school opens (Boston Mass) |
Jul 23, 1829 |
William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) |
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