945
Min Kingdom (909-945 CE)
Fuzhou was the capital of the historic Min Kingdom (909-945 CE) during the Five Dynasties period, and continued as a major regional center through subsequent dynasties.
On this day
August 23
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on August 23 across the 4 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
4 events
4 centuries
3 countries
1552
October 1552 conquest of Kazan by Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
The October 1552 conquest of Kazan by Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) is one of the founding events of the Russian Empire's eastward expansion and one of the most consequential medieval European-Asian military campaigns.
1896
The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin) on August 23, 1896
in modern Caloocan was the founding moment of the Philippine Revolution against Spain — Andrés Bonifacio and the Katipunan revolutionaries tore up their Spanish tax cards (cédulas) to symbolize the rejection of Spanish colonial rule and initiated the armed revolution; the…
1942
The Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943)
is one of the larger and bloodiest battles in human history — combining the wider urban combat from late August 1942 through November 1942, the Soviet Operation Uranus counter-offensive of November 19, 1942 (the encirclement of the German Sixth Army in central Stalingrad), and…
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →