This Day in History
Today: November 23, 2025
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Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage.[1]
1248
Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
1499
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
1531
The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
1644
John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.[2]
1733
The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
1808
French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.
1863
American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.[3]
1867
The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.[4]
1876
Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
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