What is November 23?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[800]] &ndash; [[Charlemagne]] arrives at [[Rome]] to examine the alleged crimes of [[Pope Leo III]]. * [[1174]] &ndash; [[Saladin]] enters [[Damascus]]. * [[1248]] &ndash; Spanish Reconquista: Christian troops under [[Ferdinand III of Castile]] conquer [[Seville]]. * [[1510]] &ndash; First campaign of the [[Ottoman Empire]] against the Kingdom of Imereti, present–day western [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. * [[1531]] &ndash; The [[Second War of Kappel]] results in [[Switzerland]]'s [[Protestantism|Protestant]] Alliance dissolving. * [[1644]] &ndash; [[John Milton]] publishes ''Areopagitica'', a [[pamphlet]] against [[censorship]]. * [[1791]] &ndash; The [[Snares Islands]] to the south of [[New Zealand]] are discovered. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[Sarah Booth]] has her first performance at the [[Royal Opera House]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces led by General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] reinforce troops at [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] and counter–attack [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops. * [[1889]] &ndash; The first [[jukebox]] goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. * [[1890]] &ndash; King [[William III of the Netherlands]] dies. His death ends the shared [[monarchy]] between the [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]]. In the Netherlands, his daughter [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Wilhelmina]] becomes Queen, with [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]] as regent. In Luxembourg, Grand Duke [[Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Adolphe]] becomes the next [[monarch]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1904]] &ndash; The [[1904 Olympics]] in [[St. Louis]] officially end. * [[1910]] &ndash; [[Johan Alfred Ander]] becomes the last person to be executed in [[Sweden]] before the [[death penalty]] becomes illegal there. * [[1914]] &ndash; The [[US Army]] retreats from [[Mexico]]. * [[1924]] &ndash; [[Edwin Hubble]]'s discovery of the [[Andromeda Galaxy]] is first published in