On This Day in History for August 23
Events in History
- 79 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire (goes on to destroy Pompeii) [approx date] [1] [2]
- 406 Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians
- 476 Odoacer proclaimed King of Italy by his troops, 1st barbarian King of Italy
- 1046 King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese
- 1059 Treaty of Melfi: Pope Nicholas II recognizes the Norman conquest of Southern Italy by appointing Norman adventurer Robert Guiscard Duke of Apulia and Calabria and Count of Sicily
- 1305 Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I of England at Smithfield, London
- 1328 Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers
- 1441 Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty
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Louis XVI
Georges Cuvier
William Wallace
George Villiers
Ed WarrenWeddings in History
- 1876 Sharp Shooter Annie Oakley weds traveling show marksman Frank E. Butler
- 1970 US Solicitor General Ken Starr weds Alice Mendell
More Weddings in History
August in History
Thomas Cromwell Backs The Wrong Horse
Thomas Cromwell became chief advisor to King Henry VIII and led the hunt for a new royal wife. Unfortunately for him he championed the cause of Anne of Cleves.
August 22, 1540
William Wallace Executed
William Wallace on trial at Westminster Hall in a painting by Daniel Maclise
August 23, 1305
Neil, The Rebel Vanderbilt
Wealth meant that Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, known as Neil, had the world at his feet. But he chose paths that set him adrift from high society and his family.
August 24, 1918
Alaric I Sacks Rome
Visigoths led by Alaric I, sack Rome
August 24, 410 AD