WHAT HAPPENED ON 23. AUGUST
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The University of Groningen is established in the Dutch Republic. (23. August 1614)

George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton. (23. August 1628)

Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards. (23. August 1650)

Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (23. August 1655)

Beginning of Burmese–Siamese War. (23. August 1765)

American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St. James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion. (23. August 1775)

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. (23. August 1784)

Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power. (23. August 1799)

At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army. (23. August 1813)

The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China. The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War. (23. August 1839)

The Round Oak rail accident occurs in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, England. It is 'Arguably the worst disaster ever to occur on British railways'. (23. August 1858)

The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas. (23. August 1864)

Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague. (23. August 1866)

Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens. (23. August 1873)

Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila (actual date and location is disputed). (23. August 1896)

The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London. (23. August 1898)

The automobile tire chain is patented. (23. August 1904)

World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China. (23. August 1914)

World War I: Battle of Mons; the British Army begins withdrawal. (23. August 1914)

British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only 4 survive. (23. August 1921)