On this day: 23 June
Events, births and deaths on 23 June. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · John Clark
- Deaths · Rebekah Del Rio
10 years ago2016
- Events · 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
- Deaths · Ralph Stanley
100 years ago1926
- Births · Arnaldo Pomodoro
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1018 · Deaths · Henry I, Margrave of Austria
Events · 22
- 1266(Julian date)Battle of Trapani — 1266 battle of the War of Saint Sabas
- 1280Battle of Moclín — 1280 battle of the Reconquista
- 1287(Julian date)Battle of the Counts — neopolitan naval engagement of 1287
- 1314(Julian date)Battle of Bannockburn — 1314 battle during the First War of Scottish Independence
- 1757Battle of Plassey — 1757 battle which established the British Raj in India
- 1758Battle of Krefeld — 1758 battle
- 1760Battle of Landeshut — 1760 battle
- 1780Battle of Springfield — 1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
- 1796Armistice of Bologna — treaty signed between the Papal States and the French First Republic on 23 June 1796
- 1894International Olympic Committee — non-governmental sports organisation (founded 1894)
- 1925Shakee Massacre — 1925 massacre in Guangzhou, China
- 19461946 Vancouver Island earthquake — Canadian natural disaster
- 19561956 Egyptian referendum — Presidential and constitutional referendum
- 1968The tragedy of gate 12 — stampede at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 19851985 Narita International Airport bombing — airport bombing in 1985
- 1991Sonic the Hedgehog — Sega video game franchise
- 20012001 southern Peru earthquake — 2001 severe earthquake centered in Arequipa Region, Peru
- 2005Reddit — American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
- 20162016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum — referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union which took place on 23 June 2016
- 2017June 2017 Pakistan bombings — 23 June 2017, a series of terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan
- 2018Tham Luang cave rescue — international operation to rescue a group of 13 boys and 1 adult in Tham Luang Nang Non, Thailand in 2018
- 2023Wagner Group rebellion — 2023 uprising in Russia led by Yevgeny Prigozhin
Births · 60
- 47 BCE(Julian date)Caesarion — last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 44 to 30 BC
- 1456(Julian date)Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland — queen consort of Scotland (1456-1486)
- 1534(Julian date)Oda Nobunaga — Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
- 1668Giambattista Vico — Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian and jurist
- 1750Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu — French geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist (1750-1801)
- 1763Joséphine de Beauharnais — Empress consort of the French from 1804 to 1814 (1763-1814)
- 1824Carl Reinecke — German composer, conductor and pianist (1824–1910)
- 1877Norman Pritchard — Indian athlete and the first Olympic medal winner from India (1877-1929)
- 1879Huda Sha'rawi — Egyptian feminist and nationalist (1879–1947)
- 1889Anna Akhmatova — Russian poet (1889–1966)
- 1894Edward VIII — King of the United Kingdom in 1936
- 1894Alfred Kinsey — American sexologist (1894–1956)
- 1901Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar — Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962)
- 1907James Meade — British economist
- 1909Li Xiannian — 3rd President of the People's Republic of China (1909-1992)
- 1910Jean Anouilh — French playwright (1910–1987)
- 1912Alan Turing — English computer scientist (1912–1954)
- 1913William P. Rogers — American politician (1913–2001)
- 1919Mohamed Boudiaf — Algerian politician (1919–1992)
- 1925John Shepherd-Barron — British inventor (1925-2010)
- 1927Bob Fosse — American choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)
- 1929June Carter Cash — American singer (1929–2003)
- 1930Donn F. Eisele — American astronaut (1930–1987)
- 1931Ola Ullsten — Swedish politician, prime minister of Sweden between October 1978 and October 1979 (1931–2018)
- 1936Richard Bach — American spiritual writer (born 1936)
Deaths · 60
- 479Emperor Shun of Liu Song — last emperor of the Liu Song dynasty
- 679(Julian date)Æthelthryth — Abbess of Ely
- 1018(Julian date)Henry I, Margrave of Austria — Margrave of Austria from 994 to 1018
- 1222(Julian date)Constance of Aragon — Queen Consort of Hungary and Holy Roman Empress Consort
- 1290(Julian date)Henryk IV Probus, Duke of Wrocław — Duke of Wrocław (1282-1290)
- 1324(Julian date)Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke — English general
- 1343(Julian date)Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi — Catholic cardinal
- 1356Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut — Countess suo jure of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut (1311-1356)
- 1537(Julian date)Pedro de Mendoza — Spanish conquistador
- 1565(Julian date)Turgut Reis — Ottoman corsair, naval commander, and governor (1485–1565)
- 1662Koxinga — 17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning
- 1677(Julian date)William Louis, Duke of Württemberg — Duke of Württemberg (1647-1677)
- 1707John Mill — British theologian
- 1733Johann Jakob Scheuchzer — Swiss paleontologist (1672–1733)
- 1770Mark Akenside — English poet and physician
- 1806Mathurin Jacques Brisson — French zoologist and natural philosopher
- 1811Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida — Portuguese writer
- 1836James Mill — Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher (1773-1836)
- 1848Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este — Archduchess of Austria
- 1864Christian Ludwig Brehm — German pastor and ornithologist (1787-1864)
- 1881Matthias Jacob Schleiden — German botanist and philosopher (1804-1881)
- 1891Wilhelm Eduard Weber — German physicist (1804–1891)
- 1891N. R. Pogson — British astronomer (1829–1891)
- 1893William Fox — Premier of New Zealand in the 19th century, company agent, explorer and artist (1812–1893)
- 1908Doppo Kunikida — Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
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