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On October 4, 23: Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
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Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
AD 23 (XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pollio and Vetus. 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.
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23 Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. Calendar year
AD 23 (XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pollio and Vetus. 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.
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1209 Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218
Otto IV was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218.
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1302 The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. War between the Republic of Venice and Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine–Venetian War of 1296–1302 was an offshoot of the second Venetian–Genoese War of 1294–1299.
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1363 Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. 1363 naval battle of the Red Turban Rebellion
The Battle of Lake Poyang was a naval battle which took place between the rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang during the Red Turban Rebellion which led to the fall of the Yuan dynasty. Chen Youliang besieged Nanchang with a large fleet on Lake Poyang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes, and Zhu Yuanzhang met his force with a smaller fleet. After an inconclusive engagement exchanging fire, Zhu employed fire ships to burn the enemy tower ships and destroyed their fleet.
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1511 Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. Fourth & Fifth phase of the Italian Wars (1508–1516)
The War of the League of Cambrai, also known by its second stage as the War of the Holy League, was fought from December 1508 to December 1516, as part of the wider Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The main participants of the war, who fought for its entire duration, were France, the Holy Roman Empire, the Papal States, and the Republic of Venice; they were joined at various times by nearly every significant power in Western Europe, including Spain, England, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, the Duchy of Ferrara, and the Swiss.
- 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 US state of Georgia.
- 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 Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
- 1693 Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
- 1795 Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
- 1824 Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
- 1830 The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands.
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- 1853 The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- 1862 American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General William Rosecrans protecting the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn.
- 1876 The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas.
- 1883 First run of the Orient Express.
- 1883 First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1895 Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
- 1918 World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
- 1920 The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, a Finnish non-governmental organization, is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim.
- 1925 Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji capture Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
- 1925 S2, a Finnish Sokol class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53.
- 1927 Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- 1936 The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
- 1941 Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
- 1957 Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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Holidays on October 4
- Christian feast day: Amun
- Christian feast day: Francis of Assisi Conclusion of Creationtide
- Christian feast day: Petronius of Bologna
- Christian feast day: October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland)
- Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
- The beginning of World Space Week (International)
- World Animal Day
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