On This Day in History for September 23
Events in History
- 951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy
- 1122 Concordat of Worms agreed between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V
- 1387 One of the most extravagant medieval English feasts ever recorded held for Richard II and John of Gaunt in London. Included 14 salted oxen, 120 sheep, 1200 pigeons and 11,000 eggs [1]
- 1408 Battle of Othée; victory of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy over Liège.
- 1459 Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, 1st major battle of the English Wars of the Roses
- 1513 King Henry III & Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik
- 1561 King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida
- 1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement
- More Events in History
Augustus Caesar
Kublai Khan
Victoria Woodhull
Typhoid Mary
Friedrich Paulus
Aldo MoroWeddings in History
- 1666 Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius earl of Simmeren
- 1862 Russian novelist and author of "War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy (34) marries Sophia Andreevna Behrs (18) daughter of a physician
- 1933 American gangster Sam Giancana (25) weds Angeline DeTolve
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Sigmund Freud
Pablo NerudaSeptember in History
A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset
Is it possible to produce a wearable man’s coat from wool shorn from a sheep the same day? They did it in 1811 and again – in record time – 180 years later.
September 21, 1991
'I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight'
After refusing to surrender, John Paul Jones, the father of the US Navy, achieved a dramatic against-the-odds victory against the British on this day.
September 23, 1779
Little Rock Crisis
The 101st Airborne Division escort the nine black students into Little Rock School in Arkansas
September 23, 1957
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916