23. August

of the 23. August is the 235. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 236. in leap years), thus 130 days up to the year end remain.

of events

• 0,476: The last westRoman emperor Romulus Augustulus is set off from the Teuton leader Odoaker.
• 1244: Jerusalem is conquered by the Turks, since the fifth crusade 1229 the kingdom under Friedrich II. was.
• 1268: The battle with Tagliacozzo seals the fall of the last Staufer - emperor Konradin.
• 1305: The Scottish national hero William Wallace is tormented in Smithfield with London publicly by means of cruelest Martern to death.
• 1617: In London first becomesOne-way street furnished.
• 1644: Altona, the city at of Hamburg side, attains its municipal rights.
• 1821: Mexico attains its independence from Spain.
• 1833: In the British colonies the slavery is abolished.
• 1849: Striking down the revolutionaries Republic of Venice by Austrian troops marks the locking victory of Austria over the March revolution in its vassal states.
• 1866: The peace of Prague draws a conclusion conclusion under the German war between Prussia and Austria. Austria accepts therein the dissolutionthe German federation
• 1914: Japan explains the war to Germany
• 1927: The Sacco and Vanzetti condemned under the accusation of the robbery murder to injustice in the USA on the electrical chair are executed (and rehabilitated in July 1977)
• 1939: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression treaty, the Hitler Stalin pact
• 1944: The Second World War. Romania closes an armistice with the allied ones and explains to Germany the war
• 1958: Agreement in the area of on the right of and the legal assistance between Luxembourg and Germany
• 1962: The government in Damascus issues the law decree No. 93, according to which an extraordinary census is permissible in the province Djazira. As result 120,000 Kurds are explained too „strangers “. The Syrian citizenships are extracted from them. Around „the Kurdish danger “to advance toward, the government of plans for the mechanism develops one „Arab belt “. Afterwards is the whole Kurdish population, who lives along the Turkish border, on 280 km is enough for area, 15 km broad, to be resettled and by Arab population replaced
• 1962: Trinidad and Tobago become independently of England
• 1973: The credit banks, a bank at the Norrmalmstorg, in the center of the Swedish capital Stockholm, one attacks and one takes four of the employees as a hostage: the birth of the Stockholm syndrome
• 1973: Augusto Pinochetby the Chilean president Salvador all end is used as commander in chief of the army
• 1979: With the bombardment of Sakez the Iranian army begins its attack on Kurdish cities. At the 1. September becomes Bokan, to 2. September Piranschar, to 3. September Mahabad and to 6. September Sardascht attacked
• 1989: By Wilna until Tallinn is formed a people chain, around the will of the Baltic states to the independence from the Soviet Union to to demonstrate
• 1990: The GDR - People chamber in Berlin (east) decides the entry of the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany with 294 to 62 voices (when two abstentions ) in accordance with article 23 of the Basic Law to the 3. October. The parliament follows a request of CDU /DA, SPD in the dramatic night session, FDP and DSU
• 1999: Germany is governed again from Berlin: Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder takes up his work to new parliament - and seat of the government : up to the completion of the new chancellorship in the former Council of State building of the GDR
• 2002: in Angola is met a convention between the government and the oppositional rebel organization UNITA to convert Lusaka minutes within 45 days
• 2002: The first German Ambassador in Timor Leste (Osttimor) is Dr. Fulda
• 2003: With an attack of underground fighters inthe south Iraqi city Basra is killed three member of the British military police. Thus 1 became since that. May eleven British soldiers in the fight killed

culture

• 1735: Premiere of the opera Les meanwhile galantes of Jean Philippe Rameau to the Grand Opéra Paris
• 1790: Premiere of the opera Les Rigueurs you cloître of Henri Montan Berton on the Opéra Comique in Paris
• 1993: In Bischkek (Kirgisistan) the culture agreement between Kirgisistan and Germany is signed

Religion

• 1948: The world church advice is created

disasters

• 1944: Freckleton, England. A bomber of the US military fell and fell into a school. 76 humans, usually civilians, found death
• 1976: With one Earthquakes in China are killed several thousand humans
• 2000: Oman. Crash of an airbus A320 the Gulf air during the approach flight about 3 km before the starting and runway. All 143 humans on board die

Sport

• 1997: Vladimir Klitschko wins his Boxkampf against Biko Botowamungu in Stuttgart, Germany, by technical k. o.

Entries from athlete IC world records are under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik; for events within the range formula 1 see there.

born

Anton of Schmerling (1805-1893)

• 0,686: Karl Martell, Frankish house Meier, ancestor gentleman of the Karolinger
• 1573: Theobald squat, German agent and poet
• 1727: Friedrich Hartmann count, German composer
• 1730: Abel Seyler, German director of play
• 1741: Jean François de La Pérouse, French sailor and Weltumsegler
• 1754: Ludwig XVI., King of France
• 1773: Jakob Friedrich Fries, German philosopher
• 1785: Olive Hazard Perry, US-American naval officer
• 1805: Anton of Schmerling, Austrian politician and lawyer
• 1842: Osborne Reynolds, English physicist
• 1864: Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek politician and head of the government
• 1890: May Harrison, British Violinistin
• 1896: Stroke ore of Meyerinck, German actor
• 1893: Georgi Wassiljewitsch Florowski, orthodox theologian
• 1899: Albert Claude, Belgian physician
• 1900: Ernst Krenek, Austrian-US-American composer
• 1905: Constant Lambert, English composer
• 1908: Arthur Adamov, French-Russian dramatist
• 1910: Alfons Maria Stickler, Cardinal of the Roman-catholic church
• 1911: Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski Springer
• 1912: Genes Kelly, US-American dancer
• 1913: Bob Crosby, US-American picking up vein
• 1915: Antonio Innocenti, cardinal of the Roman-catholic church
• 1917: Tex Williams,US-American singer
• 1921: Kenneth Arrow, American economist
• 1922: Roland Dumas, French politician
• 1922: Inge German-crown, Israeli lady journalist and authoress
• 1923: Edgar F. Codd, mathematician and scientist (relational data base)
• 1924: Ephraim gravel-hone, Israeli writer
• 1924: Robert M. Solow, US-American economist
• 1925: Houari Boumedienne, Algerian politician and head of state
• 1926: Leo Leandros, Greek composer (father of Vicky Leandros)
• 1926: Harsh ore Beattie, US-American opera singer
• 1927: Walter Giller, German actor
• 1927: Thickly Bruna, Netherlands author, draughtsman and diagram designer
• 1929: Vera Miles, US-American actress
• 1929: Zoltan Czibor, Hungarian football player
• 1930: Michel Rocard, French politician
• 1933: Robert Curl, US-American chemist
• 1934: Barbara Eden, US-American actress
• 1934: Carlo Amigo Vallejo, archbishop of Sevilla and cardinal
• 1936: Henry Lee Lucas, US-American series murderer
• 1942: David, British singer and Songschreiber
• 1942: Lotti Krekel, German actress
• 1942: Anthony Micale, US-American singer
• 1943: Raúl Cubas grey, president of Paraguay
• 1945: Carmen Maja Antoni, German actress
• 1946: Keith Moon, British musician (The Who)
• 1947: Susanne Beck, German actress
• 1947: Jerzy Satanowski, Polish composer (son of Robert Satanowski)
• 1949: Rick Springfield, Australian singer
• 1952: Klaus Dietrich Flade, officer of the German Federal Armed Forces and the astronaut
• 1952: Vicky Leandros, Greek hit singer
• 1955: Marion Valentino, British musician and singer
• 1962: Shaun Ryder, British musician and singer
• 1967: Cedella Marley, Jamaican musician and singer
• 1970: River Phoenix, US-American actor
• 1972: Irina Mikitenko, GermanLight athlete and Olympiateilnehmerin
• 1978: Kobe Bryant, US-American Basketballer
• 1982: Natalie Coughlin, US-American swimmer

died

• 0 0 93: Julius Agricola, Roman field gentleman
• 0,634: Abdallah Abu Bakr, first Kalif thatMuslims
• 1176: Rokujo, 79. Emperor of Japan (1165-1168)
• 1183: Christian I. of book, archbishop of Mainz, realm ore chancellor
• 1305: William Wallace, Scottish freedom fighter
• 1498: Elizabeth of Spain, princess of Spain, queen of Portugal
• 1616: Hans's von Schweinichen, German writer
• 1628: George Villiers, favourite and leading Minister among the English kings
• 1777: Charles Joseph NATO Irish, French painter
• 1799: Simon Louis you Ry, masters of building of upper yards and architect
• 1802: Corona Schröter, singer and actress
• 1806: Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist
• 1813: Alexander Wilson, Scottish Ornithologe and poet
• 1819: Olive Hazard Perry, US-American naval officer
• 1829: Samuel God praise Auberlen, SwabianMusician and song composer
• 1830: Ferdinand Friedrich of notion Köthen, prince of notion Köthen
• 1831: August count Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian general field marshal and Heeresreformer
• 1865: Ferdinand George forest Mueller, Maler and Kunstschriftsteller
• 1878: Adolf Fredrik Lindblad,Swedish composer
• 1892: Manuel Deodoro there Fonseca, Brazilian marshal and first president
• 1898: Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and draughtsman
• 1926: Rudolph Valentino, US-American actor
• 1933: Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and architectural theorist
• 1934: Viktor Kaplan, Austrian engineer
• 1937: Albert Roussel, French composer
• 1937: Otto hear-sing, German politician
• 1939: Sidney Howard, US-American dramatist
• 1944: Abdülmecid II., last Kalif of the Osmani realm
• 1944: Otto Kiep, German diplomat
• 1953: Gottfried Hinze, football functionary
• 1955: Rudolf Minger, Swiss politician and Upper House of Parliament
• 1958: Roger Martin you Gard, French writer
• 1960: OSCAR hammer stone, US-American producer and musical author
• 1962: Gerd Heinrich Kemper, German politician and MdB
• 1962: Walter Anderson one, German Folklorist
• 1962: Irving Fine, US-American composer
• 1967: Nate Cartmell, US-American athlete and olympia participant
• 1971: Gisela Hernández Gonzalo, Cuban Komponistin
• 1980: Gerhard Hanappi, österreischischer football player
• 1981: Rolf prepare, German actor and Komiker
• 1987: Didier Pironi, French running driver
• 1987: Siegfried Borris, German composer, music scientist and music paedagogue
• 1989: Ronald D. Laing, British psychiatrist
• 1991: William cock man, Austrian and German football player
• 1997: John Cowdery Kendrew, British biochemist and molecular biologist
• 2001: Kathleen Freeman, US-American actress
• 2003: Hansjochem Autrum, German zoologist
• 2003: Imperio Argentina, Spanish singer andActress
• 2003: Jack Dyer, Australian football legend
• 2004: Eleni Ioannou, Greek Judoka
• 2005: Break Peter, US-amerikanischer actors and singers into
• 2005: Glenn Corneille, Netherlands jazz and Pop pianist
• 2005: Hans Joachim realms, ehem. Editor-in-chiefthe news of the day
• 2005: Heinrich tear, Altpräses of the Evangelist church of Westphalia
• 2005: Rémy Zaugg, Swiss architect

of celebration and anniversaries

• international day of the memory of slave trade and its abolishment (UNESCO)
• Romania:Day of release (1944)
• Kallinikos I. (Orthodox ones)

see also: Historical anniversaries, time scale