Mis juhtus 23. August?

Kõik

sündmused

sünnid

surmad

pühad

SüNDMUSED 23. AUGUST

First Opium War

Aasta: 1839

The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.

Meeldib

American Civil War

Aasta: 1864

American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.

Meeldib

Austro-Prussian War

Aasta: 1866

The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

Meeldib

Nat Turner's Rebellion

Aasta: 1831

Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed.

Meeldib

Battle of Großbeeren

Aasta: 1813

At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.

Meeldib

North Carolina

Aasta: 1784

Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.

Meeldib

Napoleon

Aasta: 1799

Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.

Meeldib

Albert Bridge, London

Aasta: 1873

The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

Meeldib

Southern Cross Expedition

Aasta: 1898

The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.

Meeldib

Sacco and Vanzetti

Aasta: 1927

Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.

Meeldib

SüNNID 23. AUGUST

Vera Miles

Sünniaasta: 1930

Vera Miles, American actress

Meeldib

Michel Rocard

Sünniaasta: 1930

Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (died 2016)

Meeldib

Zoltán Czibor

Sünniaasta: 1929

Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (died 1997)

Meeldib

Peter Thomson (golfer)

Sünniaasta: 1929

Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (died 2018)

Meeldib

Dick Bruna

Sünniaasta: 1927

Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (died 2017)

Meeldib

Marian Seldes

Sünniaasta: 1928

Marian Seldes, American actress (died 2014)

Meeldib

Hamilton O. Smith

Sünniaasta: 1931

Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Meeldib

Barbara Eden

Sünniaasta: 1931

Barbara Eden, American actress and singer

Meeldib

Robert Curl

Sünniaasta: 1933

Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)

Meeldib

Sonny Jurgensen

Sünniaasta: 1934

Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster

Meeldib

SURMAD 23. AUGUST

Deodoro da Fonseca

Surma-aasta: 1892

Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (born 1827)

Meeldib

Kuroda Kiyotaka

Surma-aasta: 1900

Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1840)

Meeldib

Heinrich Berté

Surma-aasta: 1924

Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (born 1856)

Meeldib

Rudolph Valentino

Surma-aasta: 1926

Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (born 1895)

Meeldib

William Thompson (boxer)

Surma-aasta: 1880

William Thompson, British boxer (born 1811)

Meeldib

Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy

Surma-aasta: 1867

Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (born 1796)

Meeldib

Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)

Surma-aasta: 1813

Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (born 1766)

Meeldib

Oliver Hazard Perry

Surma-aasta: 1819

Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (born 1785)

Meeldib

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau

Surma-aasta: 1831

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (born 1760)

Meeldib

Ferenc Kazinczy

Surma-aasta: 1831

Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1759)

Meeldib

PüHAD 23. AUGUST

Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)

Meeldib

August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Meeldib

1944 Romanian coup d'état

European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances: Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)

Meeldib