Editing April 23 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[215 BC]] &ndash; [[Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill)|A temple]] is built on the [[Capitoline Hill]] dedicated to [[Venus Erycina]] to commemorate the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] defeat at [[Battle of Lake Trasimene|Lake Trasimene]].
*[[AD 599|599]] &ndash; Maya king [[Scroll Serpent|Uneh Chan]] of [[Calakmul]] attacks rival city-state [[Palenque]] in southern Mexico, defeating queen [[Yohl Ik'nal]] and sacking the city.
*[[AD 711|711]] &ndash; [[Dagobert III]] succeeds his father King [[Childebert III]] as [[King of the Franks]].
*[[1014]] &ndash; [[Battle of Clontarf]]: High King of Ireland [[Brian Boru]] defeats [[Viking]] invaders, but is killed in battle.
*[[1016]] &ndash; [[Edmund Ironside]] succeeds his father [[Æthelred the Unready]] as King of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmund II {{!}} king of England |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1343]] &ndash; [[St. George's Night Uprising]] commences in the [[Danish Estonia#Duchy of Estonia|Duchy of Estonia]].
*[[1348]] &ndash; The founding of the [[Order of the Garter]] by King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] is announced on [[Saint George|St. George's Day]].
*[[1500]] &ndash; Portuguese explorer [[Pedro Alvarez Cabral]] reaches new coastline (Brazil).<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=20|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1516]] &ndash; The Munich ''[[Reinheitsgebot]]'' (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria.
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Battle of Villalar]]: [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Charles I of Spain]] defeats the [[Revolt of the Comuneros|Comuneros]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; The first public school in the United States, the [[Boston Latin School]], is founded.
*[[1655]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)|Siege of Santo Domingo]] begins during the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)|Anglo-Spanish War]], and fails seven days later.
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Oliva]] is established between Sweden and Poland.
*[[1661]] &ndash; King [[Charles II of England]], Scotland and Ireland is crowned in [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pepys |first=Samuel |author-link=Samuel Pepys |title=Pepys Diary 1661 Charles II Coronation |url=http://www.pepys.info/coronation.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727154448/http://www.pepys.info/coronation.html |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |website=Samuel Pepys}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata [[Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104|''Du Hirte Israel, höre'', BWV 104]], illustrating the topic of the [[Good Shepherd]] in [[Pastoral|pastoral music]].<ref>{{cite book
  | last1 = Dürr
  | first1 = Alfred
  | author1-link = Alfred Dürr
  | last2 = Jones
  | first2 = Richard D. P.
  | author2-link = Richard D. P. Jones
  | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m9JuwslMcq4C&pg=PA298
  | chapter = 1.25 Second Sunday after Easter (Misericordias Domini)
  | title = The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text
  | location = Oxford
  | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
  | date = 2006
  | pages = 298–299
  | isbn = 978-0-19-969628-4
  }}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Second Serbian Uprising|The Second Serbian Uprising]]: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the [[Ottoman Empire]], erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
*[[1879]] &ndash; Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the [[University of Notre Dame]], which prompts the construction of the third, and current, [[Main Building (University of Notre Dame)|Main Building]] with its golden dome.
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Chilean Civil War of 1891|Chilean Civil War]]: The ironclad [[Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada|''Blanco Encalada'']] [[Battle of Caldera Bay|is sunk]] at [[Caldera Bay]] by [[torpedo boat]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armada.cl/prontus_armada/site/artic/20090716/pags/20090716194359.html |title=Blanco Encalada, fragata blindada (1º). |publisher=Armada de Chile |access-date=2009-10-27 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203093344/http://www.armada.cl/prontus_armada/site/artic/20090716/pags/20090716194359.html |archive-date=3 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>Stem, Robert. Destroyer Battles: Epics of Naval Close Combat, p.22. Seaforth Publishing, 2008. {{ISBN|1473813565}}. ([https://books.google.com/books?id=lv_RAwAAQBAJ&dq=Almirante+Lynch&pg=PA22 online])</ref>

===1901–present===
* [[1909]] &ndash; In Portugal, a [[1909 Benavente earthquake|magnitude 6.0 earthquake]] strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people and injuring 75.<ref name="NGDC">{{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2864|author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS)|publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year = 1972|type = Data Set}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]] makes a [[Zeebrugge Raid|raid]] in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian [[port of Bruges-Zeebrugge]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Estonian Constituent Assembly]] is held in [[Estonia]], which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the ''[[Riigikogu]]''.<ref>[https://www.riigikogu.ee/en/introduction-and-history/history-riigikogu/constituent-assembly/ Constituent Assembly – Riigikogu]</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] (TBMM) is founded in [[Ankara]]. The assembly denounces the government of [[Sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]] and announces the preparation of a [[Turkish Constitution of 1921|temporary constitution]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] defeat [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the [[1927 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]], the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
*[[1935]] &ndash; The [[Polish Constitution of 1935]] is adopted.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Rhythm Club fire]] at a dance hall in [[Natchez, Mississippi]], kills 198 people.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the [[Battle of Greece|invading Wehrmacht]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Baedeker Blitz]]: German bombers hit [[Exeter]], [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] and [[York]] in retaliation for the British raid on [[Lübeck]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Adolf Hitler]]'s designated successor, [[Hermann Göring]], sends him a [[Göring telegram|telegram]] asking permission to take leadership of [[Nazi Germany]]. [[Martin Bormann]] and [[Joseph Goebbels]] advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous.
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Manuel Roxas]] is elected the last President of the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Chinese Civil War]]: Establishment of the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: American journalist [[William N. Oatis]] is arrested for espionage by the [[Communist]] government of [[Czechoslovakia]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Algiers putsch of 1961|Algiers putsch]] by French generals.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 2723]] crashes into the [[Caspian Sea]] off the [[Absheron Peninsula]], killing 33 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Катастрофа Ил-14 Азербайджанского УГА над Каспийским морем южнее Баку |trans-title=Accident Il-14 Caspian Sea south of Baku |url=http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=687 |website=airdisaster.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Soviet space program]]: [[Soyuz 1]] (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying [[cosmonaut]] Colonel [[Vladimir Komarov]] is launched into orbit.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Student protesters at [[Columbia University]] in New York City [[Columbia University protests of 1968|take over administration buildings and shut down the university]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]: The Pakistan Army and [[Razakar (Pakistan)|Razakars]] [[Jathibhanga massacre|massacre]] approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]).
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[SAETA Flight 011 (1979)|SAETA Flight 011]] crashes in [[Pastaza Province]], Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.<ref name="TSM">{{cite web |title=Accident Vickers 785D Viscount HC-AVP |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790423-1 |access-date=5 November 2022 |website=Aviation Safety Network |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105101700/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790423-1 |archive-date= 5 November 2022 }}</ref>
*  1979 – [[Blair Peach]], a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an [[Anti-Nazi League]] demonstration against a [[National Front (UK)|National Front]] election meeting in [[Southall]], London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chaudhary |first=Vivek |date=2019-04-21 |title=Forty years on, Southall demands justice for killing of Blair Peach |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/21/southall-demands-justice-killing-of-blair-peach-1979 |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Coca-Cola]] changes its formula and releases [[New Coke]]. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Namibia]] becomes the 160th [[Member states of the United Nations|member]] of the [[United Nations]] and the 50th [[Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations|member]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Eritrea]]ns vote overwhelmingly for independence from [[Ethiopia]] in a [[United Nations]]-monitored referendum.
*  1993   &ndash; [[Sri Lanka]]n politician [[Lalith Athulathmudali]] is [[Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali|assassinated]] while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[NATO]] [[NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters|bombs]] the headquarters of [[Radio Television of Serbia]], as part of their [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; The first [[YouTube]] video, titled "[[Me at the zoo]]", was published by co-founder [[Jawed Karim]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3833222/first-youtube-video/|title=This Is the First Ever YouTube Video|magazine=Time|access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as [[2013 Hawija clashes|violence breaks out]] in [[Hawija]], Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Griffis |first=Margaret |date=2013-04-24 |title=Protest Clashes and Random Attacks Leave 111 Killed, 233 Wounded Across Iraq |url=https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/04/23/protest-clashes-and-random-attacks-leave-111-killed-233-wounded-across-iraq/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Antiwar.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; A [[Toronto van attack|vehicle-ramming attack]] kills 11 people and injures 15 in [[Toronto]]. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43875321|title=Toronto van attack: Suspect quizzed after 10 pedestrians killed|date=24 April 2018|website=BBC|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse]] in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/myanmar-jade-mine-accident-mudslide-miners-buried-kachin-state/|title=54 miners missing and feared dead after mudslide at Myanmar jade mine|date=2019-04-23|website=CBS News|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; The [[2024 Lumut mid-air collision]] in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/04/23/two-copters-crash-during-training-in-lumut|title=Two copters crash during training in Lumut|date=23 April 2024|website=The Star|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/04/23/10-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash/|title=10 confirmed dead in Lumut helicopter crash|date=23 April 2024|website=Free Malaysia Today|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>