23 June in history
9 events that happened on 23 June, from 1266 to 2016.
✦ Anniversary of the day
1280 CE 746 years ago
Granada defeats Castile and León at the Battle of Moclín
Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeated the forces of Castile and León at Moclín, in the battle also called the Disaster of Moclín. Ruled by the Nasrid dynasty, Granada was the last independent Muslim state in Western Europe.
1305 CE 721 years ago
France and Flanders make peace at Athis-sur-Orge
King Philip IV of France and Robert III of Flanders signed the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge, ending the Franco-Flemish War after the French victory at Mons-en-Pévèle. It imposed on Flanders a heavy indemnity, acts of penance and the demolition of town fortifications.
1314 CE 712 years ago
Battle of Bannockburn begins
On the first day, Robert the Bruce killed the English knight Henry de Bohun in single combat before the armies. Edward II's larger army was routed the next day.
1757 CE 269 years ago
Robert Clive defeats the Nawab of Bengal at Plassey
Helped by the defection of Mir Jafar, Clive's East India Company troops defeated Siraj ud-Daulah. The victory gave the Company control of Bengal and launched British territorial rule in India.
1848 CE 178 years ago
June Days uprising erupts in Paris
Workers rose after the government closed the National Workshops. General Cavaignac crushed them in four days; thousands were killed and many more deported.
1868 CE 158 years ago
Christopher Latham Sholes patents a typewriter
Sholes and his partners received a patent for a 'Type-Writer'. Developed further and sold by Remington, it popularised the QWERTY keyboard and transformed office work.
1972 CE 54 years ago
Nixon approves using the CIA to block the Watergate inquiry
In a taped conversation, Nixon agreed that the CIA should ask the FBI to halt its investigation. The release of this 'smoking gun' tape in August 1974 forced his resignation.
Born on 23 June 7
Died on 23 June 5
Dates as the sources give them: in the Julian calendar before 1582, and in some countries for longer (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918). Only people whose day of birth or death the records agree on are listed.