War · April 23, 1014

Battle of Clontarf

Name: Battle of Clontarf
Start: 1014-04-23
Location: Clontarf

1012 years ago · Clontarf

1012th anniversary

The Battle of Clontarf (Irish: Cath Chluain Tarbh) took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.

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The 1013th anniversary falls on April 23, 2027.

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1564–1616

William Shakespeare

Playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language; traditionally born and died on April 23.

LiteratureDied aged 52

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1858–1947

Max Planck

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (German:; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist.

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ScienceDied aged 89

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1791–1868

James Buchanan

James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861.

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PoliticsDied aged 77

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1902–1988

Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic:; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories.

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1815

Second Serbian Uprising

The Second Serbian Uprising was the second phase of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire in 1813.

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2017

2017 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

The 2017 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 23 April. It was the 103rd edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the eighteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

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2018

2018 Toronto van attack

On April 23, 2018, a vehicle-ramming attack occurred when a rented van was driven along Yonge Street through the North York City Centre business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The driver, 25-year-old Alek Minassian, targeted pedestrians, killing 11 and injuring 15, some critically.

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2025

2025 India–Pakistan crisis

Following the Pahalgam terrorist attack on 22 April 2025, a crisis emerged between India and Pakistan, sparked by the killing of 26 tourists by the militants in Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF) initially claimed responsibility for the attack.

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