Events in History for Saturday April 23rd 2016
- 215 BC A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene
- 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control
- 1597 William Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
- 1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War)
- 1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 new pence, replacing shilling and two-shilling pieces)
- 1984 AIDS-virus identified as HTLV-III (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
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