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Historical Events on July 23

27 significant historical events occurred on July 23. July 23 has a history of political upheavals and international crises. On this date in 1914, the July Crisis intensified, leading to World War I. In 1952, Egypt experienced a military revolution that toppled King Farouk. Additionally, in 1983, the "Gimli Glider" incident occurred when an Air Canada flight managed a successful emergency landing after exhausting its fuel supply.

Total Events
27
Time Span
12122023
Categories
4
Top Category
war
18 events

13 famous birthdays on July 23

Including Pierre Agostini, Vladimir Prelog, Tajuddin Ahmad

Event Distribution by Century

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

13th Century

1 event
war

1212 battle between Iberian Christian armies and an Almohad Muslim army

15th Century

3 events
war

Battle of the Hussite Wars, 1433-34

war

1453 battle in Europe

war

1471 battle in Russia

16th Century

1 event
war

1558 battle of the Italian War of 1551-59

17th Century

2 events
war

1659 naval battle off the coast of Denmark

war

1678 battle during the Franco-Dutch War

18th Century

1 event
war

Battle of Brest (1792)

19th Century

7 events
war

Naval battle between the United Kingdom and Denmark–Norway near the Norwegian island of Silda in Sogn og Fjordane county, during the Gunboat War

war

1821 battle of the Greek War of Independence

war

Battle of Cova da Piedade

war

Second Seminole War battle

politics

1851 treaty between the United States government and representatives of Upper Dakota Sioux

war

1866 battle between Prussia and Baden

war

Battle between Japanese and Korean forces in 1894

20th Century

9 events
war

July Crisis — 1914 events leading to World War I

disaster

July 1930 earthquake in Southern Italy

war

1945 naval battle of the Japanese coast in WWII

war

1952 Egyptian revolution — military overthrow of King Farouk

politics

US riot part of national racial unrest

general

Gimli Glider — aviation incident

general

Pashupatinath Temple shooting

war

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

general

Dual suicide in 1994

21st Century

3 events
general

2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft

general

TransAsia Airways Flight 222 — 2014 plane crash of a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-500 on Penghu Island, Taiwan

politics

2023 Spanish general election — vote for the 15th Cortes Generales

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