On May 23, history records 41 notable events, 201 famous births and 99 deaths, spanning the years 844 to 1788.
Events on this day include: Battle of Clavijo: The Apostle Saint James the Greater is said to have miraculously appeared to a force of outnumbered Asturians and aided them against the f... (844); Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of Compiègne. (1430).
Notable people born on May 23 include K'inich Kan Bahlam II (635), Philip I of France (1052), Emperor Qinzong of Song (1100).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope Urban I (230), Li Sizhao (922), Guibert of Gembloux (962).
Events on 23 May 41
See all →Battle of Clavijo: The Apostle Saint James the Greater is said to have miraculously appeared to a force of outnumbered Asturians and aided them against the forces of the Emir of Cordoba.
Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of Compiègne.
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy in the Battle of Ramillies.
South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
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