Events on April 23 in history

Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) (April 23, 1655)

The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.

The Siege of Santo Domingo was fought between April 23, 1655 and April 30, 1655, at the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo. A force of 2,400 Spanish troops led by Governor Don Bernardino Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalba successfully resisted a force of 13,120 soldiers led by General Robert Venables and 34 ships under Admiral Sir William Penn

of the English Commonwealth.

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Events on 1655

8 Mar

Thirteen Colonies
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
25 Mar

Titan (moon)
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
31 Jul

Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
8 Sep

Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
18 Dec

Edict of Expulsion
The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.

Events on April 23 in history

Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) (April 23, 1655)

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Thirteen Colonies

Titan (moon)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Charles X Gustav of Sweden

Edict of Expulsion