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4 October
Events Pre-1600 *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. * 1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. *1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. *1363 – Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. *1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. *1535 – The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. *1582 – The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. *1597 – Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the state of Georgia. 1601–1900 *1602 – Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel. *1636 &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AD 23
AD 23 (Roman numerals, XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23), Pollio and Gaius Antistius Vetus (consul 23), Vetus (or, less frequently, year 776 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination AD 23 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Greek geographer Strabo publishes ''Geography'', a work covering the world known to the Ancient Rome, Romans and History of Greece, Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus – it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world. * Emperor Tiberius' son Drusus Julius Caesar dies. From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure. * Sejanus, Lucius Aelius Sejanus begins to domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
