What is June 23?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[229]] &ndash; [[Sun Quan]] declares himself Chinese Emperor of the [[Wu Dynasty]]. * [[1280]] &ndash; The [[Emirate of Granada]] defeats the [[Kingdom of Castile]] in the [[Battle of Moclin]]. * [[1295]] &ndash; Pope [[Boniface VIII]] enters Rome. * [[1305]] &ndash; Flemish–French [[peace treaty]] signed at [[Athis-sur-Orge]]. * [[1314]] &ndash; Start of the [[Battle of Bannockburn]] south of [[Stirling]], [[Edward II of England]] and [[Robert I of Scotland]] met in battle. Scotland won and Edward fled the field and Scotland. * [[1532]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] & [[Francis I of France|François I]] sign secret treaty against Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]. * [[1611]] &ndash; The mutinous crew of [[Henry Hudson]]'s fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]; they are never heard from again. * [[1661]] &ndash; Marriage contract between [[Charles II of England]] and [[Catharina of Portugal]]. * [[1683]] &ndash; [[William Penn]] signs friendship treaty with [[Lenni Lenape]] Native Americans in [[Pennsylvania]]. * [[1713]] &ndash; French residents of [[Acadia]] given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. [http://www.acadian-cajun.com/acadia5.htm] * [[1724]] &ndash; [[Russia]] and [[Turkey]] sign [[Treaty of Constantinople]]. * [[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Plassey]] – 3000 [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] troops under [[Robert Clive]] defeat a 50,000 strong [[India]]n army under [[Siraj-ud-Dawlah]] at [[Plassey]]. * [[1758]] &ndash; [[Seven Years War]]: [[Battle of Krefeld]] – [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces defeat [[France|French]] troops at [[Krefeld]] in [[Germany]]. * [[1760]] &ndash; [[Seven Years War]]: [[Battle of Landshut]] – [[Austria]] beats [[Prussia]]. * [[1794]] &ndash; Empress [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] grants Jews permission to settle in [[Kyiv]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[John