On This Day in History for March 23
Events in History
- 1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederick I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III
- 1174 Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow
- 1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishneh Torah", a code of Jewish religious law is published
- 1534 Aragonese legal code formally recognised
- 1568 Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
- 1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
- More Events in History
Margaret of Anjou
James Bradley
Michael Joseph Savage
Rex TillersonWeddings in History
- 1779 Botanist Joseph Banks (36) weds Dorothea Hugessen
- 1923 Writer Anaïs Nin (Delta of Venus) marries banker and artist Hugh Parker Guiler in Havana, Cuba
- 2008 France's former first lady Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz (50) weds Moroccan-born public relations executive Richard Attias (48) in Manhattan, New York
Divorces in History
- 1769 Augustus FitzRoy, English Duke of Grafton divorces the Duchess of Grafton, (formerly Hon. Anne Liddell) by an Act of Parliament
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Agrippina the Younger
Peter the Cruel
Julius III
Nicolas Fouquet
Bhagat Singh
Lee Kuan YewMarch in History
Have You Heard The One About Johann Goethe?
With his collected works amounting to 143 volumes, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who died on this day, is considered to be one of the world’s great writers
March 22, 1832
Tsar Goes a Step Too Far
For over 300 years Russia’s famous Romanov family possessed fabulous wealth and power, but it wasn’t enough to keep them out of reach of assassins.
March 23, 1801
Battle of Okinawa
British navy vessel HMS Formidable on fire during the Battle of Okinawa after being struck by a kamikaze
March 23, 1945
John Manningham Notes the Passing of Queen Elizabeth I
John Manningham was an English lawyer and diarist who wrote this especially moving entry on the passing of Queen Elizabeth I.
March 24, 1603