Historical Events on August 23

Battle in Ireland, 1317

1328 battle of the Flemish Coast Uprising

1431 battle during the crusades

Part of the Albanian-Venetian War of 1447-1448

1478 middle-Age throne dispute in Persia

1592 battle in the Japanese invasion of Korea

Massacre of Wabanaki people at Norridgewock, Maine, during Father Rale's War in 1724

Battle in the Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743

The massive evacuation of people from the province of Jujuy, Argentina, in 1812, during the Argentine War of Independence

Military action against Germenchuk (1832)

Clash between lawmakers and public

Peace of Prague — peace treaty 1866

1914 battle during World War I

Riot in response to a police assault of black soldiers

Sacco and Vanzetti — Italian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact — 1939 neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union

King Michael's Coup — 1944 coup d'état led by Romanian King Michael I

1953 Swiss Grand Prix — motor car race

1958 race riots in Nottingham, England

1964 Austrian Grand Prix — motor car race

Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory

TANS Perú Flight 204 — aviation accident

Earthquake in United States

Riot in Palmasola prison, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

2014 battle of the Second Libyan Civil War

2020 UEFA Champions League Final — The final of the 2019–20 season of the UEFA Champions League

2023 Wagner Group plane crash — 23 August 2023 accident involving the private jet of Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia