What is April 23?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[215 BC]] &ndash; A temple is built on the [[Capitoline Hill]] dedicated to [[Venus Erycina]] to commemorate the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] defeat at [[Battle of Lake Trasimene|Lake Trasimene]]. *[[711]] &ndash; [[Dagobert III]] is crowned [[King]] of the [[Franks]]. *[[1014]] &ndash; [[Battle of Clontarf]]: [[Brian Boru]] defeats [[Viking]] invaders, but is killed in battle. *[[1016]] &ndash; [[Edmund Ironside]] becomes the Saxon king of [[England]]. *[[1343]] &ndash; [[Estonia]]: [[Saint George]]'s Nigh Uprising. *[[1348]] &ndash; The founding of the [[Order of the Garter]] by King [[Edward III of England]] is announced on [[Saint George|St George's Day]]. *[[1521]] &ndash; [[Battle of Villalar]]: [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Charles I of Spain]] defeats the [[Comuneros]]. *[[1533]] &ndash; The [[Church of England]] annuls the marriage between [[Catherine of Aragon]] and [[Henry VIII of England]]. *[[1597]] &ndash; Shakespeare's ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' is first performed, with Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] in attendance. *[[1660]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Oliwa]] is established between [[Sweden]] and [[Poland]]. *[[1661]] &ndash; King [[Charles II of England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] is crowned in [[Westminster Abbey]]. *[[1685]] &ndash; King [[James II of England]] ([[James VII of Scotland]]) is crowned. *[[1827]] &ndash; [[William Rowan Hamilton]] presents his ''Theory of systems of rays''. *[[1867]] &ndash; [[William Lincoln]] patents the [[zoetrope]], a machine which shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel. *[[1889]] &ndash; [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] is established. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === *[[1914]] &ndash; The first [[baseball]] game at [[Wrigley Field]], [[Chicago]], takes place. *[[1920]] &ndash; The national council in [[Turkey]] denounces the government of [[Sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]] and announces a temporary constitution. *[[1923]] &ndash; Inauguration ceremonies take place of [[Gdynia]] as