On this day in History - Oct. 23 |
| Published: October 22, 2007, 7:31 pm |
| Tags: this day in history, efemerides |
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4004 BC - On the preceding eve of this day (in the proleptic Julian calendar), the universe was created, according to the archbisshop James Ussher in his Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar. 0042 BC - Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. He commits suicide. 0042 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus dies (b.85 BC). Roman senator 0425 - Valentinian III elevated as Roman Emperor. He was only 6 years old. 0502 - The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. 0930 - Daigo was born (b. 0885). Emperor of Japan 1086 - At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI 1157 - The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country. 1456 - Giovanni da Capistrano dies (b. 1386). Italian saint. 1459 - [ Full article ] |
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