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Historical Events on July 23

  • Nikephoros I

    811

    Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.

  • Monemvasia

    1821

    While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Minor Asia coasts.

  • Henry Halleck

    1862

    American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

  • Ulysses S. Grant

    1885

    President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    1914

    Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.

  • Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

    1936

    In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.

  • Treblinka extermination camp

    1942

    The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened.

  • Operation Edelweiss

    1942

    World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.

  • Pope Benedict XVI

    1992

    A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.

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