WHAT HAPPENED ON 23. APRIL
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A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. (23. April 215. BC)

Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. (23. April 599)

Dagobert III is crowned King of the Franks (23. April 711)

Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. (23. April 1014)

Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England, (23. April 1016)

St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. (23. April 1343)

The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. (23. April 1348)

The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot is signed in Ingolstadt. (23. April 1516)

Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros. (23. April 1521)

The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. (23. April 1635)

The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later. (23. April 1655)

Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland. (23. April 1660)

King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey. (23. April 1661)

The Second Serbian Uprising: a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire. (23. April 1815)

American President Theodore Roosevelt makes his "The Man in the Arena" speech. (23. April 1910)

World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. (23. April 1918)

The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. (23. April 1920)

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. (23. April 1920)

Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday. (23. April 1927)

Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England. (23. April 1927)