The June 23rd is the 174e Jour of the Année (175e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

12th century

15th century

17th century

  • 1658 : End of the battles of the Dunes which opposed the armies French and English to the Spanish army in front of Dunkirk. This battle had begun the May 23rd from the same year.

18th century

19th century

20th century

  • 1961 : Coming into effect of the Treated on the Antarctic from which the main aim is to make sure that the the Antarctic will continue to be employed exclusively for peaceful purposes.

21e century

Births

Death

Celebrations

  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: National festival.
  • Swiss: Celebrates independence of the Canton of the Jura.

Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day

  • Agrippine of Rome († 260), martyrdom.
  • Holy Audrey (Ethelrède d' Ely), born with Exning in the county of the Suffolk (England), girl of the king of East Anglia. It founded in the island of Ely a mixed abbey which it controlled until its death on June 23rd, 679.

Orthodoxe saint of the day

  • German of Kazan († 1567), archbishop.

See too

Beats-smg: Bėrželė 23 Be-X-old: 23 чэрвеня Fiu-vro: 23. piimäkuu päiv Nds-nl: 23 juni Simple: June 23 Zh-yue: 6 月 23 號

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