August 23 in History
23 August in History – 525 years ago
North America 1500: Fall of Columbus
Distrusting Columbus’ claimed primacy in the New World, the Spanish monarchs began... SEE MORE…
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2014
Libya Dawn seizes Tripoli Airport
starts
2005
Hurricane Katrina
ends
2003
Australia & NZ oversee ceasefire on Bougainville
starts
1960
Congolese government suppresses South Kasai
1944
Romania removes pro-Nazis and declares war on Germany
ends
1943
Battle of Kursk
ends
1943
Soviet counterattack defeats Germans at Kursk
1942
German forces reach outskirts of Stalingrad
starts
1942
Germans defeated at Stalingrad
starts
1941
Germans encircle and destroy Soviet armies at Kiev
1939
Germany & Soviet Union sign Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
1937
Japanese begin bombing of Nanjing and cities of central China
1921
Turks halt Greek advance at Sakarya
1914
Japan declares war on Germany
starts
1914
Russia defeats Austria-Hungary, capturing Lemberg
ends
1901
French pursue Fadl-Allah into Northern Nigeria
1866
Peace of Prague ends Austro-Prussian War
ends
1866
Prussia defeats Austria and gains dominance in Germany
1854
British ships shell & destroy Kola
ends
1831
Nat Turner’s slave revolt in Virginia
1813
French advance on Berlin defeated at Großbeeren
1500
Bobadilla assumes governorship of Indies; arrests Columbus
ends
443
Romans crush bagaudae in northern Hispaniae*
starts
434
Huns threaten Eastern Roman Empire, forcing recall of Aspar from Africa*
ends
406
Romans defeat and kill Radagaisus at Faesulae
ends
310
Maximian in rebellion against Constantine*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 23 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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