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August 23 in history

190 sourced entries recorded on August 23, from 30 BCE to 2024 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 476Odoacer, age 43, is proclaimed rex Italiae ("king of Italy") by his troops. He leads his Ostrogoth army into the Po Valley, and advances to Ravenna while plundering the countryside.source
  • 1024August 23 (17th day of 7th month of 1 Manju) – While Emperor Goichijo attends a sumo match in the Shishinden hall behind the Ichijo-in Temple, a fight breaks out between Judge Fujiwara Keisuke and Minamoto no Shigeto, leader of the Kurando Shikibu.source
  • 1040August 22–23 – Battle at Brůdek: Duke Bretislav I of Bohemia defeats the German forces under King Henry III ("the Black") in the Bohemian Forest.source
  • 1059Robert Guiscard, count of Apulia and Calabria, signs the Treaty of Melfi with Pope Nicholas II. Nicholas recognises the Norman conquest of southern Italy, and accepts the titles of Guiscard as duke of Sicily.source
  • 1169August 21–23 – At the Battle of the Blacks, Saladin crushes a rebellion by Sudanese forces (50,000 men) of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners. He never again has to face a military uprising from Cairo.source
  • 1244The Tower of David surrenders to the Khwarazmian forces. Some 6,000 Christian men, women and children march out of Jerusalem. As they move along the road toward Jaffa, they see crusader flags waving on the Walls of Jerusalem. Returning, some 2,000 of them are massacred.source
  • 1268Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Charles of Anjou defeats the Ghibellines supporters of Conradin of Hohenstaufen, marking the fall of the Hohenstaufen Family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.source
  • 1305After a three-week trial at Westminster, William Wallace is convicted of treason and of atrocities against civilians in war. After the trial, he is dragged through the streets of Smithfield in London and hanged, drawn and quartered – strangled by hanging – but cut down while still alive, emasculated, disemboweled (with his bowels burned before him), beheaded, and then cut into four parts. Wallace's head is placed on a spike above the London Bridge, and his limbs are displayed separately, in Newcastle, Berwick, Stirling, and Perth.source
  • 1309A relief force from the Emirate of Granada attempts to drive out the Kingdom of Aragon forces at Almeria, but loses thousands of men.source
  • 1328Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.source
  • 1359Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as Sultan of Granada (in modern-day Spain).source
  • 1369John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, lands with English troops at Calais to begin a raid in France while Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, assembles troops to confront the English invasion. The standoff continues while Lancaster waits for additional troops from the Earl of Warwick.source
  • 1382The Siege of Moscow begins as Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde attacks the capital of the Principality of Muscovy while its ruler, Prince Dmitry Donskoy, is away seeking assistance from other Russian princes.source
  • 1385In celebration of the marriage of Wilhelm the Courteous, Duke of Austria, to Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, the leaders of the city of Kraków grant amnesty to the prisoners in the city jail.source
  • 1389Isabeau of Bavaria, who married King Charles V of France on July 17, 1385, is crowned as Queen consort of France.(1978).source
  • 1418Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda, Duchess of Milan as the wife of the Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, is secretly arrested for adultery and removed from the walled city of Milan while its gates are locked. On her husband's orders, she is transferred to the Castello Visconteo in nearby Binasco, where she, two of her maidens, and her lover, the troubadour Michele Orombelli, are tortured. Beatrice is beheaded on September 13, and her three accomplices are put to death on the same day.source
  • 1430Pope Martin V, writing in the papal brief Ad statum, grants recognition to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, allowing them the right to hold property.source
  • 1500Francisco de Bobadilla, appointed to replace Admiral Christopher Columbus as Spanish Governor-General of the New World, arrives at Santo Domingo on the island of Hispanola. Bobadilla issues an order directing Christopher and Bartolomeo Columbus to appear before him at Santo Domingo.source
  • 1513Thérouanne in the north of France is given to Henry VIII of England after a treaty is concluded in the aftermath of the Battle of the Spurs.source
  • 1514Battle of Chaldiran: Selim I crushes the Persian army of Shah Ismail I.source
  • 1576On the island of Kyūshū in Japan, near what is now Takaharu, Miyazaki prefecture, Takahara Castle of the Itō clan is captured by 30,000 men led by the warlord Shimazu Yoshihisa, after a siege of four days.source
  • 1577Martin Frobisher ends his expedition to Canada and he and his crew begin the journey back to England on the ships Ayde, Gabriel and Michael.source
  • 1582Raid of Ruthven in Scotland: Presbyterian nobles led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie kidnap King James VI of Scotland, the kingdom's 16-year-old ruler, while he is hunting in Perthshire. The Earl of Gowrie imprisons the King at Ruthven Castle as part of a coup d'etat to reform the Scottish government.source
  • 1594City of Antwerp prohibits the keeping of brothels outside the Lepelstraatsource
  • 1595Battle of Calugareni: The Wallachians, led by Michael the Brave, accomplish a great tactical victory against a vast army of Turks, led by Sinan Pasha.source
  • 1614The University of Groningen is established in the Dutch Republic.source
  • 1645August 23 (August 13 Old Style) – The Treaty of Brömsebro is signed between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, ending the Torstenson War and ceding Jemtland, Herjedalen, Gotland and Ösel (Saaremaa) to Sweden, which also holds the province of Halland for a period of 30 years, as a guarantee.source
  • 1653Brussels Privy Council permits the limited importation of English textiles through the ports of the County of Flanders for a period of four yearssource
  • 1662an extravagant pageant on the River Thames greets the arrival of Charles II and his new queen Catherine of Braganza on their arrival at the Palace of Whitehall from Hampton Court.source
  • 1682A comet that will later become known as Comet Halley, is observed from several locations on Earth after reaching magnitude 2 and becoming visible to the naked eye. Arthur Storer sees it from the North American colony of Maryland, while German astronomer Johannes Hevelius measures it from Danzig (now Gdansk in Poland). Edmond Halley successfully predicts that it will return in 1758.source
  • 1689Roman Catholic cardinals convene in Rome for a papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Innocent XI. The conclave lasts until October 6.source
  • 1689Gravely ill, the Empress Xiaoyiren is proclaimed empress by her husband, China's Kangxi Emperor, after having been Imperial Noble Consort since 1682. She dies the next day.source
  • 1691A total solar eclipse is visible across South America, Central America and Mexico.source
  • 1702late September - Battle of Cádiz (1702)source
  • 1703Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.source
  • 1708Queen Anne attends a thanksgiving service at the new St Paul's Cathedral in London for victory at the Battle of Oudenarde. She quarrels publicly with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; and loose bolts in the supporting beams above her – in fact, the result of poor workmanship – are interpreted by the opposition as the "Screw Plot", a Whig assassination attempt.source
  • 1708Meidingu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.source
  • 1711Baptist minister Rev Abel Morgan is seen off by his congregation at Rhydwilim prior to embarking for a future in America.source
  • 1712The British Royal Navy 60-gun ship HMS Rippon is launched at Deptford Dockyard.source
  • 1712The Royal Navy 60-gun ship HMS Rippon is launched at Deptford Dockyard.source
  • 1731The oldest known sports score in history is recorded in the description of a cricket match at Richmond Green in England, when the team of Thomas Chambers of Middlesex defeats the Duke of Richmond's team by 119 to 79.source
  • 1731the oldest known sports score in history is recorded in the description of a cricket match at Richmond Green, when the team of Thomas Chambers of Middlesex defeats the Duke of Richmond's team by 119 to 79.source
  • 1741At the Battle of Villmanstrand, Russian forces under Field Marshal Peter von Lacy defeat the Swedish army at present-day Lappeenranta, Finland.source
  • 1741At least 2,000 die along the shores of the Sea of Japan after a volcanic eruption on an island generated the Kampo Tsunami.source
  • 1775American Revolution: Refusing to even look at the Olive Branch Petition, King George issues a Proclamation of Rebellion against the American colonies.source
  • 1779Martín de Mayorga, Captain-General of Guatemala, becomes the Spanish Viceroy of New Spain after the death of Antonio María de Bucareli.source
  • 1793French Revolution: The following universal conscription decree is enacted in France: "The young men shall go to battle and the married men shall forge arms. The women shall make tents and clothes and shall serve in the hospitals; children shall tear rags into lint. The old men will be guided to the public places of the cities to kindle the courage of the young warriors and to preach the unity of the Republic and the hatred of kings."source
  • 1793French Revolution: The following universal conscription decree is enacted in France: "The young men shall go to battle and the married men shall forge arms. The women shall make tents and clothes and shall serve in the hospitals; children shall tear rags into lint. The old men will be guided to the public places of the cities to kindle the courage of the young warriors and to preach the unity of the Republic and the hatred of kings."source
  • 1799Napoleon Bonaparte leaves the command of the French army (some 10,000 men) to General Jean-Baptiste Kléber. He secretly embarks on the frigate Muiron in a small French flotilla – with Alexandre Berthier, Joachim Murat and Jean Lannes – and several of his servants to France. Kléber reads a proclamation to the troops: "My soldiers, extraordinary circumstances have persuaded me to return, for the benefit of France."source
  • 1807The first dry cleaning business is opened in Sydney by Englishman Robert Davidson.source
  • 1810August 20–27 – Battle of Grand Port: The French defeat a Royal Navy frigate squadron attempting to blockade a harbour on Isle de France (Mauritius).source
  • 1813Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Großbeeren: Napoleon is defeated by Prussia and Sweden.source
  • 1816August 12–24 – The Treaty of St. Louis, between the United States and the Council of Three Fires tribes, is signed in St. Louis.source
  • 1817An earthquake near the site of the ancient Greek city of Helike results in 65 deaths.source
  • 1823Hugh Glass is attacked and mauled by a sow grizzly bear and left for dead in the Missouri Territory. He crawls 200 miles before reaching help, events depicted in The Revenant (2015 film).source
  • 1823A major eisteddfod is held at Mold.source
  • 1826last fatal duel in Scotland fought near Kirkcaldy: linen manufacturer David Landale shoots banker George Morgan.source
  • 1852Boston missionary Reverend Benjamin Galen Snow lands on the island of Kosrae in the Caroline Islands (Micronesia) first to bring the gospel to the island.source
  • 1853The first true International Meteorological Organization is established in Brussels, Belgium.source
  • 1853International Maritime Conference opens in Brussels under the chairmanship of Adolphe Quetelet and at the instigation of Matthew Fontaine Maury (ends 8 September)source
  • 1860Consecration of Marble Church, Bodelwyddan.source
  • 1866The Treaty of Prague formally ends the Austro-Prussian War. The German Federation is abolished (with the Duchy of Limburg and Luxemburg controlled by the Netherlands), the Habsburgs vow not to interfere in any reorganisation of Germany under Prussian leadership and cede Veneto.source
  • 1877the Merchandise Marks Act obliges exporters to indicate the place of manufacture of their goods.source
  • 1884Sino-French War: Battle of Fuzhou – French Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron virtually destroys China's Fujian Fleet.source
  • 1890The BOVESPA stock exchange is founded in São Paulo, Brazil.source
  • 1893Start of a three-day popular revolt in Naples incited by horse-cab drivers notoriously linked to the Camorra, who called for a strike against the agreement between the city administration and the Belgian tram company Société Anonyme des Tramways Provinciaux (it), which provides for the extension of the tramway line to other parts of the city. The coachmen created riots and wreak havoc on the streets of Naples together with thousands of other demonstrators descending from the working-class neighbourhoods. Carriages that did not participate in the strike were attacked and a tram was burnt down. The police fired on the demonstrators, injuring some of them and killing a boy. His corpse is carried in a tumultuous procession and continuous clashes with the police, from San Carlo all'Arena to the Prefecture. The riot spreads, shops are attacked, shop windows smashed. Devastations multiply, but do not result in looting.source
  • 1895A peace treaty is signed in Pelotas, bringing an end to the Federalist Revolution.source
  • 1896The Cry of Pugad Lawin initiates the Philippine Revolution.source
  • 1898The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, sets sail from London.source
  • 1905A. Roy Knabenshue introduces the dirigible to the skies of New York City, piloting the lighter-than-air vehicle within view of hundreds of thousands of spectators.source
  • 1906Unable to control a rebellion, Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma requests United States intervention. This leads to the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasts until 1909.source
  • 1908The Denmark expedition returns to Copenhagen.source
  • 1913The Little Mermaid statue is finished in Copenhagen, Denmark.source
  • 1917start of lockout at Pullars dyeing works in Perth.source
  • 1920August 13–25 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw – The Red Army is defeated.source
  • 1920August 19–25 – Second Silesian Uprising: The Poles in Upper Silesia rise up against the Germans.source
  • 1921King Faisal I of Iraq is crowned in Baghdad.source
  • 1922Morocco revolts against the Spanish.source
  • 1923Real Club Celta de Vigo is founded by the joining of Real Fortuna and Sporting de Vigo.source
  • 1936August 19–24 – Trial of the Sixteensource
  • 1938Hitler, hosting a dinner on board the ocean liner Patria in Kiel Bay, tells the Regent of Hungary, Admiral Horthy, that action against Czechoslovakia is imminent and that "he who wants to sit at the table must at least help in the kitchen", a reference to Horthy's designs on Carpathian Ruthenia.source
  • 1939The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union, a neutrality treaty that also agrees to division of spheres of influence (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, eastern Poland and Bessarabia (modern-day Moldova), north-east province of Romania to the Soviet Union; Lithuania and western Poland to Germany). Its annex reassigns Lithuania to the Soviet Union.source
  • 1939Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agreeing to a division of much of Europe between those two countries.source
  • 1939Molotov–Ribbentrop Pactsource
  • 1942WWII: Battle of Stalingrad: German forces of the 16th Panzer Division reach the suburbs of Stalingrad. The German 6th Army under General Friedrich Paulus stabilishes the frontier and takes up positions at the Volga River.source
  • 1943WWII: The Battle of Kursk ends, with a strategic defeat for the German forces.source
  • 1944King Michael's Coup: Ion Antonescu, Conducator of Romania, and Mihai Antonescu, Foreign Minister of Romania, are arrested and a new military government established. Romania leaves the war against the Soviet Union, joining the Allies. General Constantin Sanatescu is the "armed force" of the coup d'état and will be appointed by King Michael of Romania as prime minister of Romania on September 1.source
  • 1948August 10–23 – The Herrenchiemsee convention prepares the draft for the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.source
  • 1948The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.source
  • 1949Romania celebrates the first Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day.source
  • 1950Legendary African American singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport has recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.source
  • 1950August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economysource
  • 1953RDS-4 is first tested.source
  • 1954A United States Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules makes its first flight at Burbank, California, manufactured by Lockheed Martin.source
  • 1958The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army shelling the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) which is controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s Kuomintang forces.source
  • 1958Start of Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.source
  • 1966The sea curfew is lifted after the end of Confrontation, a decision widely applauded by villagers.source
  • 1967A power outage affects a large part of the country. Its cause is the fall of a pole in the Ictinos neighborhood of Peñalolén, currently Ñuñoa, which caused an overload and caused a blackout between the cities of Copiapó and Puerto Montt.source
  • 1968August 22–30 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests: Police clash with anti-Vietnam War protesters in Chicago outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which nominates Hubert Humphrey for U.S. president and Edmund Muskie for vice president. The riots and subsequent trials are an essential part of the activism of the Youth International Party.source
  • 1973The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.source
  • 1981South African troops attack SWAPO bases in Xangongo and Ongiva, Angola, during Operation Protea.source
  • 1983In a crackdown on crime, the Chinese state executes 19 people for murder, 10 for rape, and one for auto theft. By the end of the year, Amnesty International estimates that at least 600 people have been executed in China.source
  • 1983August 23–29: Hurricane Barry.source
  • 1987The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, in commemoration of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.source
  • 1989Singing Revolution: Two million indigenous people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania join hands to demand freedom and independence from Soviet occupation, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the Baltic Way.source
  • 1989Two million indigenous people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, then still occupied by the Soviet Union, joined hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the Baltic Way.source
  • 1989Murder of Yusef Hawkins in a shooting in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, sparking racial tensions between African Americans and Italian Americans.source
  • 1996August 16–25: Five athletes from Armenia competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.source
  • 2000The state funeral of Abulfaz Elchibey, the second President of Azerbaijan, takes place in Baku.source
  • 2001Hana Micron company is founded.source
  • 2002August 22–September 4 – Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.source
  • 2010The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people, including the perpetrator, while injuring 9 others.source
  • 2010August 14–26 – Lithuania achieved 19th place in 2010 Summer Youth Olympics with 5 medal (3 golden and 2 bronze)source
  • 2011August 20–28 – Libyan rebels take control of the capital Tripoli, effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi.source
  • 2015A UAE military intelligence operation in the country of Yemen frees one British hostage.source
  • 2016Plan to raise cigarettes' price from typical Rp.18.000-Rp.20.000 to Rp.50.000 sparked an intense debate between smokers and non-smokers.source
  • 201923 August to 3 September – Scheduled date for the 2019 African Games, to be hosted in Casablanca and Rabat.source
  • 2020Bishop Silvio Báez, who has been outside of Nicaragua for reasons of security since April 23, 2019, accuses President Ortega of being a dictator. The Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Nicaraguan Human Rights Center, Cenidh) says that the Catholic Church has been the victim of 24 attacks since April 2018.source
  • 2020Tropical Storm Laura, which would later become Hurricane Laura, kills four people, and causes nearly 1.1 million people to lose power.source
  • 2022Three new Cyber laws come into effect; the Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Act, 2022, the Data Protection Act, 2022, and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2022.source
  • 2023India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon, carrying a lunar lander named Vikram and a lunar rover named Pragyan.source
  • 20232023 Wagner Group plane crash.source
  • 2024In Solingen, Germany, a Syrian immigrant stabs three people to death, which leads to the intensification of the debate on migration in Germany.source

Births

  • 1482Cho Kwangjo, Korean philosopher (died 1520)source
  • 1486Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (died 1566)source
  • 1498Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (died 1500)source
  • 1517Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, French noblemen. (d.1545).source
  • 1524François Hotman, French Protestant lawyer and writer (died 1590)source
  • 1579Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (died 1625)source
  • 1579Thomas Dempster, Catholic scholar and historian (died 1625)source
  • 1637Francis Turner, British bishop (died 1700)source
  • 1719Pierre Poivre, French horticulturalist (died 1786)source
  • 1740Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia in 1740–41. (died 1764)source
  • 1754Louis XVI, last king of France before the Revolution (died 1793)source
  • 1769Georges Cuvier, French naturalist and zoologist; known as the Father of Paleontology (died 1832)source
  • 1785Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (died 1819)source
  • 1814James Roosevelt Bayley, American bishop (died 1877)source
  • 1849William Ernest Henley, English poet, writer, critic (died 1903)source
  • 1864Eleftherios Venizelos, 7-time prime minister of Greece (died 1936)source
  • 1954Halimah Yacob, 8th President of Singapore.source
  • 1978Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (died 2020)source

Deaths

  • 30 BCEMarcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (executed) (born 47 BC)source
  • 93Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and governor (born AD 40)source
  • 406Radagaisus, Gothic kingsource
  • 406Radagaisus is executed; 12,000 "barbarians" are incorporated into the Roman army, or sold as slaves.source
  • 634Abu Bakr, Muslim Caliphsource
  • 634Abu Bakr dies at Medina and is succeeded by Umar I, who becomes the second caliph (khalifah) of the Rashidun Caliphate. During his rule, Umar conquers Syria, Persia, and Egypt in a "Holy War".source
  • 992Volkold, bishop of Meissensource
  • 1106Magnus, German nobleman (born 1045)source
  • 1166Konoe Motozane, Japanese nobleman (born 1143)source
  • 1176Rokujō, emperor of Japan (born 1164)source
  • 1305William Wallace, Scottish rebel leader and knightsource
  • 1305William Wallace, landowner and leader of Scottish resistance. Executed in London.source
  • 1328Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)source
  • 1335Heilwige Bloemardinne, Dutch Christian mystic (born c. 1265)source
  • 1348John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c.1275)source
  • 1363Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (born 1320)source
  • 1367Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (born 1310)source
  • 1387King Olaf IV of Norway/Olaf II of Denmark (born 1370)source
  • 1478Yolande of Valois, Duchess consort of Savoy (born 1434)source
  • 1481Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (born c. 1407)source
  • 1487Maria of Cleves, French noble (born 1426)source
  • 1498Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, eldest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (born 1470)source
  • 1507Jean Molinet, French writer (born 1435)source
  • 1540Guillaume Budé, French scholar (born 1467)source
  • 155823 August Joao De Bustamante, pioneer of the art of printing in India, specifically in Goa dies (born 1536).source
  • 1568Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (born 1495)source
  • 1574Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman Grand Mufti (born 1490)source
  • 1591Luis Ponce de León, Spanish lyric poet (born 1527)source
  • 1628George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (born 1592)source
  • 1628English courtier George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.source
  • 1632Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (born 1590)source
  • 1668Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor (born 1609)source
  • 1685Ludvig Rosenkrantz, nobleman and civil servant, the first baron in Norway (born 1628).source
  • 1723Increase Mather, American Puritan minister (born 1639)source
  • 1819Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (born 1785)source
  • 1845Thomas R. Gray, American author and diplomat (born 1800)source
  • 1873Félix de la Peña, politician (born 1807 in Argentina, 1807)source
  • 1892Deodoro da Fonseca, first president of the Republic of Brazil (born 1827)source
  • 1898Félicien Rops, Belgian artist (born 1833)source
  • 1900Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (born 1840)source
  • 1901Enrique Tornú, physician and hygienist (born 1865)source
  • 1926Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (born 1895)source
  • 1927Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist (born 1891) (executed)source
  • 1927Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (born 1888) (executed)source
  • 1929August 23–24 – The 1929 Hebron massacre: 65–68 Jews are killed by Palestinians and the remaining Jews are forced to leave Hebron.source
  • 19291929 Palestine riots: The 1929 Palestine riots break out following months of tension over the Western Wall, a large violent mob of Arabs, armed with knives, stormed out of the Damascus Gate and attacked the Jewish neighborhoods located outside the gate. 19 Jews are killed, a synagogue and other houses are destroyed and burned.source
  • 1939Germán Busch, 36th President of Bolivia (born 1903)source
  • 1939President Germán Busch commits suicide by gunshot. The armed forces appoints the commander-in-chief of the army General Carlos Quintanilla interim president.source
  • 2023Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder Dmitry Utkin and eight others are killed when their plane crashes in Russia.source