On this day: 23 October
Events, births and deaths on 23 October. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · June Lockhart
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · Pete Burns
- Deaths · Wim van der Voort
- Deaths · Jack T. Chick
100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1920 · Births · Gianni Rodari
- 1928 · Births · Zhu Rongji
- 1925 · Births · Johnny Carson
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1086 · Events · Battle of Sagrajas
- 949 · Deaths · Yōzei
- 930 · Deaths · Daigo
Events · 33
- 1086Battle of Sagrajas — 1086 battle of the Reconquista
- 1448(Julian date)Battle of Sark — battle fought between England and Scotland in October 1448
- 1641Irish Rebellion of 1641 — attempted coup d'état
- 1642(Julian date)Battle of Edgehill — 1642 battle during the English Civil War
- 1798Battle of Nicopolis — Defeat of the French at Nicopolis and destruction of Preveza by Ali Pasha of Ioannina, which took place in October 1798
- 1812Malet coup of 1812 — attempted coup d'état in Paris, France
- 1856Battle of Canton — 1856 fought in the Second Opium War
- 1864Battle of Westport — 1864 battle of the American Civil War
- 1868Meiji era — Japanese era from October 1868 to July 1912
- 1912Battle of Kumanovo — 1912 first Balkan War battle
- 1924Beijing Coup — 1924 coup d'état in China by Feng Yuxiang against Cao Kun
- 1940
- 1942Second Battle of El Alamein — 1942 major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
- 1942Battle for Henderson Field — 1942 World War II battle
- 1942American Airlines Flight 28 — mid-air collision
- 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf — 1944 the largest naval battle of World War II
- 1955State of Vietnam referendum — referendum on the form of government
- 1955Saar Statute referendum, 1955 — referendum in Saarland
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956 — 1956 revolution in Hungary
- 1959Aeroflot Flight 200 — aviation accident
- 1961Taiwan Stock Exchange — financial institution located in Taipei, Taiwan
- 19831983 Beirut barracks bombing — Suicide bombing attack
- 1989Phillips Disaster of 1989 — 1989 flammable gas explosion accident
- 19911991 Paris Peace Accords — 1991 peace treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam
- 1993Shankill Road bombing — terrorist attack
- 1998Wye River Memorandum — 1998 step in the Israel-Palestinian peace process
- 2001iPod — line of portable media players by Apple Inc.
- 2002Moscow theater hostage crisis — seizure of a crowded Dubrovka Theater in Russia that happened in 2002
- 2004Chūetsu Earthquake — earthquake occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan on October 23, 2004
- 2011Van earthquake of 2011 — 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Van in eastern Turkey on October 23, 2011
- 20112011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix — motorcycle race
- 2017Siege of Marawi — 2017 battle in the Philippines
- 2022Hpakant massacre — massacre in Myanmar
Births · 60
- 1491(Julian date)Ignatius of Loyola — Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
- 1698Ange-Jacques Gabriel — French architect
- 1766Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy — French general and marshal (1766-1847)
- 1801Albert Lortzing — German opera composer (1801-1851)
- 1813Ludwig Leichhardt — German explorer of Australia (1813-1848)
- 1817Pierre Larousse — French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist
- 1835Adlai Stevenson I — American politician (1835–1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897
- 1875Gilbert N. Lewis — American physical chemist
- 1905Felix Bloch — Swiss physicist (1905-1983)
- 1905Gertrude Ederle — American swimmer (1905–2003)
- 1908Ilya Frank — Soviet physicist
- 1920Gianni Rodari — Italian writer and journalist (1920–1980)
- 1925Johnny Carson — American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)
- 1927Leszek Kołakowski — Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009)
- 1928Zhu Rongji — 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003 (1928–2026)
- 1931Diana Dors — English actress
- 1936Philip Kaufman — American film director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1940Pelé — Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
- 1941Igor Smirnov — first President of Transnistria
- 1942Michael Crichton — American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
- 1942Anita Roddick — British business woman, founder of The Body Shop (1942-2007)
- 1947Kazimierz Deyna — Polish footballer (1947–1989)
- 1947Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi — Palestinian political leader (1947–2004)
- 1951Fatmir Sejdiu — President of Kosovo
- 1954Ang Lee — Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
Deaths · 60
- 42 BCE(Julian date)Marcus Junius Brutus — assassin of Julius Caesar
- 877(Julian date)Ignatius of Constantinople — 9th century Patriarch of Constantinople
- 902Ibn al-Aghlab — Emir of Ifriqiya from 875 to 902
- 930(Julian date)Daigo — 60th emperor of Japan
- 945Hyejong of Goryeo — Monarch of Goryeo
- 949(Julian date)Yōzei — Emperor of Japan
- 1134(Julian date)Abu al-Salt — Andalusian Arabic polymath
- 1157Sweyn III of Denmark — King of Denmark
- 1456(Julian date)John of Capistrano — Franciscan friar and Catholic saint (1386–1456)
- 1688Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange — French philologist (1610–1688)
- 1852Georg August Wallin — Finnish orientalist (1811–1852)
- 1867Franz Bopp — German linguist (1791-1861)
- 1869Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby — British politician (1799–1869)
- 1872Théophile Gautier — French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
- 1882Johannes Theodor Reinhardt — Danish zoologist (1816-1882)
- 1910Chulalongkorn — King of Siam (1853-1910)
- 1915W. G. Grace — English amateur cricketer (1848-1915)
- 1917Eugène Grasset — French painter (1845-1917)
- 1921John Boyd Dunlop — Scottish inventor
- 1935
- 1939Zane Grey — American novelist (1872–1939)
- 1944Charles Glover Barkla — English physicist (1877-1944)
- 1944Hana Brady — Czech Holocaust victim
- 1950Al Jolson — American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)
- 1978Maybelle Carter — American country musician (1909–1978)
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