August 23 in history
Events on August 23
Notable events that happened on August 23 in past years.
- 2023
Chandrayaan-3 mission initiates first Moon landing in Indian history.
Wikipedia article: Chandrayaan-3 - 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
Wikipedia article: Muammar Gaddafi - 1994
Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
Wikipedia article: Eugene Bullard - 1989
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
Wikipedia article: Singing Revolution - 1973
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".
Wikipedia article: Norrmalmstorg robbery - 1954
The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.
Wikipedia article: Cruise of the Kings - 1944
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.
Wikipedia article: Michael I of Romania - 1929
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.
Wikipedia article: 1929 Hebron massacre - 1914
World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1866
The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
Wikipedia article: Austro-Prussian War - 1799
Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
Wikipedia article: Napoleon - 1655
Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Sobota - 1541
French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
Wikipedia article: Jacques Cartier - 1305
William Wallace is put on trial and subsequently hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 79
Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
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