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Historical Events on December 23

19 significant historical events occurred on December 23. December 23 has limited historical events recorded, with one notable occurrence. The key event on this date is the Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004. This was a major military engagement during the Iraq War and involved intense urban combat operations.

Total Events
19
Time Span
12322017
Categories
4
Top Category
war
11 events

22 famous birthdays on December 23

Including Helmut Schmidt, Akihito, Yousuf Karsh

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
13th C.21st C.

13th Century

1 event
war

1232 battle in Korea

16th Century

2 events
war

16th-century war fought in Scandinavia

war

Indigenous 1598 uprising against Hispanics in Chile

18th Century

2 events
war

Battle during the Jacobite rising of 1745

general

George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783

19th Century

2 events
war

1806 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

war

Historic site in Lowndes County, Alabama

20th Century

7 events
war

1916 WWI battle on the Sinai peninsula

politics

Treaty during World War I

war

Battle during the Estonian Independence War

general

Revolt of the Islamists against the secularization in Turkey

disaster

December 1972 earthquake in Nicaragua

general

Terror attack in 1982 in Sydney, Australia

disaster

1995 fire accident in Haryana, India

21st Century

5 events
war

Late 2004 battle of the Iraq War

general

2011 incident in Nigeria

war

2016 battle in the Donbas War

war

Conflict in the Republic of the Congo

general

Shopping mall fire in Davao City, Philippines

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