Historical Events on May 23

685 battle between the Pics and the Northumbrians

1568 opening battle of the Marian civil war in Scotland

1612 Spanish raid on Tunisian port

During the Nine Years War an English fleet destroys beached French ships near Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (1692)

1771 war of the Bar Confederation clashes

1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle which occurred in the American Civil War on 23 May 1862

Seventeen Point Agreement — 1951 agreement between China and the Dalai Lama

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties — 1969 United Nations treaty

1971 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1971

1981 Spanish hostage incident

Minor naval action west of Lively Island during the 1982 Falklands war

1990 European Cup Final — association football match

An agreement by Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan that nuclear weapons of the former Soviet Union on the soil of those states would be destroyed or transferred to the control of Russia

1993 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1993

1997 riot against Golkar supporters and minorities in Indonesia

Sports riots in Mauritius

Religious riots in Kaduna, Nigeria

2001 UEFA Champions League Final — final of the 2000–01 edition of the UEFA Champions League

2004 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2004

2007 UEFA Champions League Final — association football match

Attacks by Islamists on two Niger towns in 2013

Attack on Indian consulate by Pakistan-based militants

Eurovision Song Contest 2015 — 60th Eurovision Song Contest

Killing of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal

Ryanair Flight 4978 — 2021 aviation incident over Belarus and arrest of journalist Roman Pratasevich

Cable car disaster on 23 May 2021 in Piedmont, Italy