September 23rd, 1676

Born on September 23rd, 1676

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What happened on September 23rd?

September 23rd, 2002

The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.

September 23rd, 2019

The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.

September 23rd, 2016

Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.

September 23rd, 2010

Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed via lethal injection.

September 23rd, 2008

A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 1952

U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech, one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.

September 23rd, 1920

The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.

September 23rd, 1913

The United Mine Workers of America begin a strike against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the Colorado Coalfield War.

September 23rd, 1884

The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.

September 23rd, 1803

Maratha troops were defeated by forces of the British East India Company at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

September 23rd, 1780

American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by Continental Army general Benedict Arnold to hand over West Point, New York.

September 23rd, 1642

First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ended in a Royalist victory.

September 23rd, 1122

Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy.

September 23rd, 1338

The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War.

September 23rd, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditches into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 23rd

Same year
Born in 1676

68

Robert Walpole

British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)

*August 26th, 1676, Houghton †March 18th, 1745, St James's

53

Marco Ricci

Italian painter, engraver and stage designer (1676-1730)

*June 5th, 1676, Belluno †January 21st, 1730, Venice

76

Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon

French royal

*November 8th, 1676, Paris †January 23rd, 1753, Paris

61

Johann Heinrich Burckhard

German physician

*August 5th, 1676, Sulzbach-Rosenberg †May 3rd, 1738, Wolfenbüttel

77

Marc de Beauvau

French politician

*April 2nd, 1676, Nancy †March 10th, 1754, Haroué

70

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German nobleman; ruler of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian army officer

*July 3rd, 1676, Dessau †April 9th, 1747, Dessau

70

Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

Swedish officer and geographer

*January 1st, 1676, Stralsund †November 30th, 1746, Halmstad

68

Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans

French princess (1676-1744)

*September 13th, 1676, Saint-Cloud †December 23rd, 1744, Commercy

73

Alberto de Churriguera

Spanish architect (1676-1750)

*August 7th, 1676, Madrid †February 27th, 1750, Orgaz

57

Eberhard Ludwig I, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*September 18th, 1676, Stuttgart †October 31st, 1733, Ludwigsburg

85

Stanisław Poniatowski

Castellan of Kraków (1676-1762)

*September 15th, 1676, Chojnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship †August 29th, 1762, Ryki

77

Jacopo Riccati

Italian mathematician (1676-1754)

*May 28th, 1676, Venice †April 15th, 1754, Treviso

79

César Chesneau Dumarsais

Early eighteenth century French philosopher and grammarian

*July 17th, 1676, Marseille †June 11th, 1756, Paris

86

Caspar Abel

Theologian, historian, poet

*July 14th, 1676, Hindenburg †January 11th, 1763, Westdorf

55

Michael Heinrich Reinhard

*October 18th, 1676, Hildburghausen †January 1st, 1732, Weißenfels

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Leap year

Yes: 1676 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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