Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Mar 23, 1026 |
Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy |
Mar 23, 1066 |
18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
Mar 23, 1153 |
Treaty of Konstanz between Frederick I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III |
Mar 23, 1174 |
Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow. |
Mar 23, 1490 |
1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishneh Torah" published |
Mar 23, 1534 |
Aragonese legal code formally recognised |
Mar 23, 1568 |
Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike |
Mar 23, 1579 |
Friesland joins Union of Utrecht |
Mar 23, 1593 |
English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander |
Mar 23, 1630 |
French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont |
Mar 23, 1657 |
France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk |
Mar 23, 1708 |
English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth |
Mar 23, 1743 |
George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London |
Mar 23, 1752 |
Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later |
Mar 23, 1775 |
Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" in speech in favour of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war |
Mar 23, 1794 |
Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine |
Mar 23, 1794 |
Lt-general Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland |
Mar 23, 1808 |
Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain |
Mar 23, 1821 |
Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence. |
Mar 23, 1832 |
British Parliament passes reform bill |
Mar 23, 1835 |
Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes |
Mar 23, 1836 |
Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale |
Mar 23, 1839 |
1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) |
Mar 23, 1840 |
Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) |
Mar 23, 1848 |
The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. |
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