August 23 in History

ends   2014

Libya Dawn seizes Tripoli Airport

starts   2005

Hurricane Katrina

ends   2003

Australia & NZ oversee ceasefire on Bougainville

starts   1960

Congolese government suppresses South Kasai

  1944

Romania removes pro-Nazis and declares war on Germany

ends   1943

Battle of Kursk

ends   1943

Soviet counterattack defeats Germans at Kursk

  1942

German forces reach outskirts of Stalingrad

starts   1942

Germans defeated at Stalingrad

starts   1941

Germans encircle and destroy Soviet armies at Kiev

  1939

Germany & Soviet Union sign Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

  1937

Japanese begin bombing of Nanjing and cities of central China

starts   1921

Turks halt Greek advance at Sakarya

  1914

Japan declares war on Germany

starts   1914

Russia defeats Austria-Hungary, capturing Lemberg

ends   1901

French pursue Fadl-Allah into Northern Nigeria

  1866

Peace of Prague

ends   1866

Prussia defeats Austria and gains dominance in Germany

  1854

British ships shell & destroy Kola

ends   1831

Nat Turner’s slave revolt in Virginia

  1813

French advance on Berlin defeated at Großbeeren

  1500

Bobadilla assumes governorship of Indies; arrests Columbus

ends   443

Romans crush bagaudae in northern Hispaniae*

starts   434

Huns threaten Eastern Roman Empire, forcing recall of Aspar from Africa*

ends   406

Romans defeat and kill Radagaisus at Faesulae

ends   310

Maximian in rebellion against Constantine*