Day In History
This Day in History
Today: May 23, 2026
1430
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.[1]
1498
Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
1533
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1568
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
1609
Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
1618
The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
1706
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.[2]
1788
South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1793
Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
1829
Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
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