Events on 23 November 52
See all →Year 1499
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
Year 1510
First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.
Year 1531
The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
Year 1733
The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
Year 1863
American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 5
Birthdays on 23 November 227
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Alexander (Byzantine emperor)
b. 870 – d. 913
Alexander, Byzantine emperor (d. 913)
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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
b. 912 – d. 973
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
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Pope Clement IV
b. 1190 – d. 1268
Pope Clement IV (b. 1190)
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Alfonso X of Castile
b. 1221 – d. 1284
Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
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Jean de Dunois
b. 1402 – d. 1468
Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
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William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel
b. 1417 – d. 1487
William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
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Clément Marot
b. 1496 – d. 1544
Clément Marot, French poet (d. 1544)
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Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
b. 1508 – d. 1549
Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (d. 1549)
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Prospero Alpini
b. 1553 – d. 1617
Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
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John Wallis
b. 1616 – d. 1703
John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
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Jean Mabillon
b. 1632 – d. 1707
Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)
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Anthonie Heinsius
b. 1641 – d. 1720
Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1720)
Deaths on 23 November 110
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Emperor Fei of Jin
d. 386 (b. 342)
Jin Feidi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 342)
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Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
d. 947 (b. 900)
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 900)
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Eadred
d. 955 (b. 923)
Eadred, English king (b. 923)
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Adam of Ebrach
d. 1161
Adam, Abbot of Ebrach
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William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
d. 1183 (b. 1116)
William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (b. 1116)
Louis I, Duke of Orléans
d. 1407 (b. 1372)
Louis I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1372)
Ladislaus the Posthumous
d. 1457 (b. 1440)
Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (b. 1440)
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Blessed Margaret of Savoy
d. 1464 (b. 1390)
Blessed Margaret of Savoy (b. 1390)
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Perkin Warbeck
d. 1499
Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne (b. c. 1474)
Bona of Savoy
d. 1503 (b. 1449)
Bona of Savoy (b. 1449)
Margaret of York
d. 1503 (b. 1446)
Margaret of York (b. 1446)
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Bronzino
d. 1572 (b. 1503)
Bronzino, Italian painter (d. 1572)