What happend on 23rd May

22.05
24.05
1813

South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").

1805

Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.

1788

South Carolina becomes the 8th U.S. state to ratify the United States Constitution.

1701

After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

1618

The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.

1609

Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.

1568

Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.

1568

Netherlands declared independence from Spain.

1555

Paul IV becomes Pope.

1541

Jacques Cartier leaves St-Malo, France on his third voyage.