Logo Logo
Loading...

On This Day 23-August Events that happened on this date.

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (born 1989)

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
Year Name / Event Description
-30 Roman Egypt After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.[citation needed]
79 AD 79 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
476 Odoacer Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244 Siege of Jerusalem (1244) Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya.
1268 Battle of Tagliacozzo The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
1328 Battle of Cassel (1328) Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
1382 Siege of Moscow (1382) Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Principality of Moscow.
1514 Battle of Chaldiran The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
1521 Christian II of Denmark Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
1541 Jacques Cartier French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
1572 French Wars of Religion French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
1595 Long Turkish War Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.[citation needed]
1600 Battle of Gifu Castle Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
1628 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
1655 Battle of Sobota Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1703 Edirne Incident Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
1775 American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
1782 Edward Despard British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish.
1784 North Carolina Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
1799 Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
1813 Battle of Großbeeren At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed.
1839 First Opium War The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
1864 American Civil War American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
1866 Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
1873 Albert Bridge, London The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
1898 Southern Cross Expedition The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
1904 Snow chains The automobile tire chain is patented.
1914 World War I World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
1914 Japan during World War I World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
1921 R38-class airship British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
1923 Captain (United States O-3) Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
1927 Sacco and Vanzetti Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
1929 1929 Hebron massacre Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1939 World War II World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence".
1942 Battle of Stalingrad World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
1943 Kharkiv World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
1944 Marseille World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.
1944 Michael I of Romania World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1944 Freckleton air disaster Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
1945 Soviet–Japanese War World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
1946 Ordinance No. 46 Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
1948 World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
1954 Lockheed C-130 Hercules The first flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft takes place.
1954 Cruise of the Kings The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.
1958 Chinese Civil War Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1970 Mexican Americans Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
1975 Wave Hill walk-off The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.
1975 Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
1985 Hans Tiedge Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
1989 Singing Revolution Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
1990 Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
1990 Armenia Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1990 German reunification West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
1991 World Wide Web The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
1994 Eugene Bullard Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
2000 Gulf Air Flight 072 Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
2006 Natascha Kampusch Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
2007 Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2010 Manila hostage crisis The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others.
2011 2011 Virginia earthquake A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200 million–300 million USD.
2011 Muammar Gaddafi Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
2012 2012 Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
2013 2013 Palmasola prison riot A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
2023 Chandrayaan-3 Chandrayaan-3 mission initiated first Moon landing in Indian history.
2023 Wagner Group A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on board.