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| September 23rd, 2063 (September 23 2063) | Birth | Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (died in 14) | |
| September 23rd, 2006 (September 23 2006) | Death | Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (born in 1921) | |
| September 23rd, 2006 (September 23 2006) | Death | Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b.1913) | |
| September 23rd, 2005 (September 23 2005) | Event | FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. | |
| September 23rd, 2005 (September 23 2005) | Death | Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (born in 1933) | |
| September 23rd, 2005 (September 23 2005) | Death | Roger Brierley, English actor (born in 1935) | |
| September 23rd, 2004 (September 23 2004) | Event | At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne | |
| September 23rd, 2004 (September 23 2004) | Death | Andre Hazes, Dutch singer (born in 1951) | |
| September 23rd, 2004 (September 23 2004) | Death | Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born in 1918) | |
| September 23rd, 2003 (September 23 2003) | Death | Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (born in 1939) | |
| September 23rd, 2003 (September 23 2003) | Death | Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (born in 1937) | |
| September 23rd, 2002 (September 23 2002) | Event | The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released. | |
| September 23rd, 2002 (September 23 2002) | Death | Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (born in 1927) | Vernon Corea Quotes |
| September 23rd, 2001 (September 23 2001) | Death | Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (born in 1928) | |
| September 23rd, 2000 (September 23 2000) | Death | Aurelio Rodriguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (born in 1947) | |
| September 23rd, 2000 (September 23 2000) | Death | Carl Rowan, American journalist (born in 1925) | |
| September 23rd, 1999 (September 23 1999) | Event | NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter. | |
| September 23rd, 1999 (September 23 1999) | Event | Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm. While some passengers only received minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas s history to date. | |
| September 23rd, 1999 (September 23 1999) | Death | Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (born in 1910) | |
| September 23rd, 1998 (September 23 1998) | Death | Mary Frann, American actress (born in 1943) | |
| September 23rd, 1996 (September 23 1996) | Death | Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (born in 1933) | |
| September 23rd, 1994 (September 23 1994) | Death | Jerry Barber, American golfer (born in 1916) | |
| September 23rd, 1994 (September 23 1994) | Death | Robert Bloch, American author (born in 1917) | |
| September 23rd, 1994 (September 23 1994) | Death | Madeleine Renaud, French theater and film actress (born in 1900) | |
| September 23rd, 1992 (September 23 1992) | Death | James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (born in 1892) | |
| September 23rd, 1989 (September 23 1989) | Birth | Brandon Jennings, American basketball player | |
| September 23rd, 1988 (September 23 1988) | Event | Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club. | Jose Canseco Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1988 (September 23 1988) | Death | Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (born in 1912) | |
| September 23rd, 1987 (September 23 1987) | Death | Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (born in 1927) | |
| September 23rd, 1986 (September 23 1986) | Birth | Martin Cranie, English footballer | |
| September 23rd, 1985 (September 23 1985) | Birth | Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer | |
| September 23rd, 1985 (September 23 1985) | Birth | Jared High, American victim of bullying (died in 1998) | |
| September 23rd, 1985 (September 23 1985) | Birth | Brian Brohm, American football player | |
| September 23rd, 1985 (September 23 1985) | Birth | Lukas Kaspar, Czech ice hockey player | |
| September 23rd, 1985 (September 23 1985) | Birth | Hossein Ka abi, Iranian footballer | |
| September 23rd, 1985 (September 23 1985) | Birth | Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player | |
| September 23rd, 1984 (September 23 1984) | Birth | Anneliese van der Pol, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1984 (September 23 1984) | Birth | Louie Stephens, American musician (Rooney) | |
| September 23rd, 1984 (September 23 1984) | Birth | Nathan Jendrick, American author | |
| September 23rd, 1984 (September 23 1984) | Birth | Matt Kemp, American baseball player | |
| September 23rd, 1983 (September 23 1983) | Event | Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations. | |
| September 23rd, 1983 (September 23 1983) | Event | Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion. | |
| September 23rd, 1981 (September 23 1981) | Birth | Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver | |
| September 23rd, 1981 (September 23 1981) | Birth | Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada) | |
| September 23rd, 1981 (September 23 1981) | Birth | Misti Traya, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1981 (September 23 1981) | Death | Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (born in 1899) | |
| September 23rd, 1980 (September 23 1980) | Birth | Cameron Litvack, American television producer | |
| September 23rd, 1979 (September 23 1979) | Birth | Ricky Davis, American basketball player | |
| September 23rd, 1979 (September 23 1979) | Death | Pope Linus | |
| September 23rd, 1978 (September 23 1978) | Birth | Worm Miller, American filmmaker | |
| September 23rd, 1978 (September 23 1978) | Birth | Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1978 (September 23 1978) | Death | Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (born in 1950) | |
| September 23rd, 1977 (September 23 1977) | Birth | Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter | |
| September 23rd, 1977 (September 23 1977) | Birth | Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 23rd, 1976 (September 23 1976) | Birth | Faune A. Chambers, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1976 (September 23 1976) | Birth | Kip Pardue, American actor and model | |
| September 23rd, 1976 (September 23 1976) | Birth | Wladimir Sidorenko, Ukrainian boxer and current WBA Bantamweight champion | |
| September 23rd, 1975 (September 23 1975) | Birth | Jaime Bergman, American model and actress | |
| September 23rd, 1975 (September 23 1975) | Birth | Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) | |
| September 23rd, 1975 (September 23 1975) | Birth | Chris Hawkins, British radio personality | |
| September 23rd, 1975 (September 23 1975) | Birth | Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player | |
| September 23rd, 1974 (September 23 1974) | Birth | Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler | |
| September 23rd, 1974 (September 23 1974) | Birth | Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model | |
| September 23rd, 1974 (September 23 1974) | Death | Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (born in 1905) | |
| September 23rd, 1973 (September 23 1973) | Event | Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina. | |
| September 23rd, 1973 (September 23 1973) | Birth | Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist | |
| September 23rd, 1973 (September 23 1973) | Death | Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (born in 1904) | Pablo Neruda Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1972 (September 23 1972) | Event | Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law and signs General Order No. 1 which orders the arrest of opposition leaders, media censorship, banning travel to other countries except for diplomatic missions, abolishing the Philippine Congress, establishing dictatorial government, take-over or sequestering of public and private corporations and suspension of classes for one week in the Philippines. | Martial Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1972 (September 23 1972) | Birth | Jermaine Dupri, American music producer and rapper | |
| September 23rd, 1972 (September 23 1972) | Birth | Karl Pilkington, British radio personality | |
| September 23rd, 1971 (September 23 1971) | Birth | Eric Montross, Former American Basketball Player | |
| September 23rd, 1971 (September 23 1971) | Death | J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (born in 1888) | |
| September 23rd, 1971 (September 23 1971) | Death | Billy Gilbert, American actor (born in 1894) | |
| September 23rd, 1970 (September 23 1970) | Birth | Ani DiFranco, American musician | |
| September 23rd, 1970 (September 23 1970) | Birth | Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer | |
| September 23rd, 1970 (September 23 1970) | Death | Bourvil, French actor and singer (born in 1917) | |
| September 23rd, 1969 (September 23 1969) | Event | The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago. | |
| September 23rd, 1969 (September 23 1969) | Birth | Michelle Thomas, American actress (died in 1998) | |
| September 23rd, 1969 (September 23 1969) | Birth | Patrick Fiori, French singer | |
| September 23rd, 1969 (September 23 1969) | Birth | Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver | |
| September 23rd, 1969 (September 23 1969) | Birth | Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 23rd, 1968 (September 23 1968) | Birth | Yvette Fielding, English television presenter | |
| September 23rd, 1968 (September 23 1968) | Death | Francesco Forgione, "Padre Pio", Catholic saint (born in 1887) | |
| September 23rd, 1966 (September 23 1966) | Birth | Pete Harnisch, Former American Baseball player | |
| September 23rd, 1966 (September 23 1966) | Birth | LisaRaye, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1964 (September 23 1964) | Birth | Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer | |
| September 23rd, 1964 (September 23 1964) | Birth | Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B z) | |
| September 23rd, 1964 (September 23 1964) | Birth | Larry Krystkowiak, Former American basketball player and head coach | |
| September 23rd, 1962 (September 23 1962) | Event | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) home of the New York Philharmonic. ABC broadcasts in color for the first time, airing the initial episode of "The Jetsons." | |
| September 23rd, 1961 (September 23 1961) | Birth | Chi McBride, American actor | |
| September 23rd, 1961 (September 23 1961) | Birth | Willie McCool, American astronaut (died in 2003) | |
| September 23rd, 1960 (September 23 1960) | Birth | Jason Carter, British actor | |
| September 23rd, 1959 (September 23 1959) | Birth | Jason Alexander, American actor | |
| September 23rd, 1959 (September 23 1959) | Birth | Martin Page, English singer and songwriter | |
| September 23rd, 1959 (September 23 1959) | Birth | Elizabeth Pena, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1958 (September 23 1958) | Birth | Danielle Dax, British musician | |
| September 23rd, 1958 (September 23 1958) | Birth | Lita Ford, English-born singer (The Runaways) | |
| September 23rd, 1958 (September 23 1958) | Birth | Marvin Lewis, American football coach | |
| September 23rd, 1958 (September 23 1958) | Birth | Larry Mize, American golfer | |
| September 23rd, 1957 (September 23 1957) | Birth | Rosalind Chao, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1957 (September 23 1957) | Birth | Tony Fossas, Cuban baseball player | |
| September 23rd, 1956 (September 23 1956) | Birth | Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer | |
| September 23rd, 1956 (September 23 1956) | Birth | Peter David, American writer | |
| September 23rd, 1954 (September 23 1954) | Birth | Charlie Barnett, American actor (died in 1996) | |
| September 23rd, 1952 (September 23 1952) | Event | Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech". | |
| September 23rd, 1950 (September 23 1950) | Death | Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (born in 1892) | |
| September 23rd, 1949 (September 23 1949) | Birth | Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter | Bruce Springsteen Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1947 (September 23 1947) | Birth | Mary Kay Place, American actress | |
| September 23rd, 1947 (September 23 1947) | Birth | Jerry Corbetta, American singer and musician (Sugarloaf) | |
| September 23rd, 1947 (September 23 1947) | Birth | Neal Smith, American musician (Alice Cooper) | Alice Cooper Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1946 (September 23 1946) | Birth | Franz Fischler, Austrian politician | |
| September 23rd, 1945 (September 23 1945) | Birth | Paul Petersen, American actor | |
| September 23rd, 1945 (September 23 1945) | Birth | Igor Ivanov, Russian politician | |
| September 23rd, 1944 (September 23 1944) | Birth | Eric Bogle, Scottish-born Australian singer and songwriter | |
| September 23rd, 1944 (September 23 1944) | Death | Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (born in 1875) | |
| September 23rd, 1943 (September 23 1943) | Birth | Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer | |
| September 23rd, 1943 (September 23 1943) | Birth | Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach | |
| September 23rd, 1943 (September 23 1943) | Death | Elinor Glyn, English author (born in 1864) | Elinor Glyn Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1942 (September 23 1942) | Event | First day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. | |
| September 23rd, 1942 (September 23 1942) | Birth | Sila Maria Calderon, Puerto Rican politician | |
| September 23rd, 1941 (September 23 1941) | Event | The first gas murder experiments are conducted at Auschwitz. | |
| September 23rd, 1941 (September 23 1941) | Birth | Simon Nolet, French-Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 23rd, 1941 (September 23 1941) | Birth | George Jackson, American civil-rights activist | |
| September 23rd, 1939 (September 23 1939) | Birth | Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator | |
| September 23rd, 1939 (September 23 1939) | Birth | Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (died in 1988) | |
| September 23rd, 1939 (September 23 1939) | Birth | Janusz Gajos, Polish actor | |
| September 23rd, 1939 (September 23 1939) | Birth | Sonny Vaccaro, American former sports executive | |
| September 23rd, 1939 (September 23 1939) | Death | Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (born in 1856) | Sigmund Freud Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1938 (September 23 1938) | Birth | Tom Lester, American actor | |
| September 23rd, 1938 (September 23 1938) | Birth | Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (died in 1982) | |
| September 23rd, 1936 (September 23 1936) | Birth | Valentin Paniagua, Peruvian politician | |
| September 23rd, 1934 (September 23 1934) | Birth | Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan | Ghani Khan Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1932 (September 23 1932) | Event | The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | |
| September 23rd, 1931 (September 23 1931) | Birth | Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (died in 2004) | |
| September 23rd, 1930 (September 23 1930) | Birth | Ray Charles, American musician (died in 2004) | Ray Charles Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1930 (September 23 1930) | Birth | Colin Blakely, British actor (died in 1987) | |
| September 23rd, 1929 (September 23 1929) | Birth | Wally Whyton, English musician (died in 1997) | |
| September 23rd, 1929 (September 23 1929) | Death | Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1865) | |
| September 23rd, 1926 (September 23 1926) | Birth | John Coltrane, American saxophonist (died in 1967) | John Coltrane Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1925 (September 23 1925) | Birth | Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (died in 2006) | |
| September 23rd, 1925 (September 23 1925) | Birth | Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress | |
| September 23rd, 1924 (September 23 1924) | Birth | Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (died in 1978) | |
| September 23rd, 1922 (September 23 1922) | Event | Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament. | |
| September 23rd, 1920 (September 23 1920) | Birth | Mickey Rooney, American actor | |
| September 23rd, 1917 (September 23 1917) | Death | Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (born in 1897) | |
| September 23rd, 1916 (September 23 1916) | Birth | Aldo Moro, Italian politician (died in 1978) | |
| September 23rd, 1915 (September 23 1915) | Birth | Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (died in 2001) | |
| September 23rd, 1914 (September 23 1914) | Birth | Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (died in 1986) | |
| September 23rd, 1912 (September 23 1912) | Event | First Mack Sennett "Keystone Cops" comedy is released. | |
| September 23rd, 1912 (September 23 1912) | Birth | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (died in 2005) | |
| September 23rd, 1912 (September 23 1912) | Birth | Tony Smith, American sculptor (died in 1980) | |
| September 23rd, 1911 (September 23 1911) | Birth | Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (died in 2003) | |
| September 23rd, 1907 (September 23 1907) | Birth | Dominique Aury, French novelist (died in 1998) | |
| September 23rd, 1907 (September 23 1907) | Birth | Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (died in 1976) | |
| September 23rd, 1905 (September 23 1905) | Event | Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries. | |
| September 23rd, 1902 (September 23 1902) | Birth | Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (died in 2003) | |
| September 23rd, 1901 (September 23 1901) | Birth | Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1986) | |
| September 23rd, 1900 (September 23 1900) | Birth | Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (died in 1988) | |
| September 23rd, 1900 (September 23 1900) | Birth | William Stone, British serviceman (Royal Navy) (At 107 years of age he is one of the last surviving veterans of the World War II | |
| September 23rd, 1900 (September 23 1900) | Death | William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (born in 1816) | |
| September 23rd, 1899 (September 23 1899) | Birth | Tom C. Clark, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1977) | |
| September 23rd, 1897 (September 23 1897) | Birth | Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (died in 1984) | |
| September 23rd, 1895 (September 23 1895) | Birth | Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (died in 1985) | |
| September 23rd, 1890 (September 23 1890) | Birth | Friedrich Paulus, German general (died in 1957) | Friedrich Paulus Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1889 (September 23 1889) | Event | Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. | |
| September 23rd, 1889 (September 23 1889) | Birth | Walter Lippmann, American journalist (died in 1974) | |
| September 23rd, 1889 (September 23 1889) | Death | Wilkie Collins, British author (born in 1824) | Wilkie Collins Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1884 (September 23 1884) | Event | Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine. | |
| September 23rd, 1880 (September 23 1880) | Birth | John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel Laureate (died in 1971) | John Scott Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1877 (September 23 1877) | Death | Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (born in 1811) | |
| September 23rd, 1875 (September 23 1875) | Event | William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time. | |
| September 23rd, 1873 (September 23 1873) | Death | Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (born in 1823) | |
| September 23rd, 1871 (September 23 1871) | Death | Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (born in 1786) | |
| September 23rd, 1870 (September 23 1870) | Death | Prosper Merimee, French author (born in 1803) | |
| September 23rd, 1869 (September 23 1869) | Birth | Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, first carrier of typhoid | |
| September 23rd, 1868 (September 23 1868) | Event | Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. | |
| September 23rd, 1865 (September 23 1865) | Birth | Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (died in 1947) | |
| September 23rd, 1864 (September 23 1864) | Birth | Draga Masin, Queen of Serbia (died in 1903) | |
| September 23rd, 1863 (September 23 1863) | Birth | Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer (died in 1954) | |
| September 23rd, 1861 (September 23 1861) | Birth | Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (died in 1942) | |
| September 23rd, 1852 (September 23 1852) | Birth | William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (died in 1922) | |
| September 23rd, 1850 (September 23 1850) | Death | Jose Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (born in 1764) | |
| September 23rd, 1848 (September 23 1848) | Event | First commercial production of chewing gum by John Curtis on a stove at his home in Bangor, Maine in the United States and marketed as The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum . | John Home Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1846 (September 23 1846) | Event | Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. | John Adams Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1846 (September 23 1846) | Death | John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (born in 1818) | |
| September 23rd, 1845 (September 23 1845) | Event | The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York. | |
| September 23rd, 1844 (September 23 1844) | Death | Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (born in 1783) | |
| September 23rd, 1838 (September 23 1838) | Birth | Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (died in 1927) | |
| September 23rd, 1835 (September 23 1835) | Death | Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (born in 1801) | |
| September 23rd, 1821 (September 23 1821) | Event | Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks. | |
| September 23rd, 1819 (September 23 1819) | Birth | Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (died in 1896) | |
| September 23rd, 1818 (September 23 1818) | Event | Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed. | |
| September 23rd, 1806 (September 23 1806) | Event | Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States. | |
| September 23rd, 1803 (September 23 1803) | Event | Second Anglo-Maratha War: Battle of Assaye. | |
| September 23rd, 1791 (September 23 1791) | Birth | Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (died in 1865) | |
| September 23rd, 1789 (September 23 1789) | Death | John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (born in 1723) | |
| September 23rd, 1781 (September 23 1781) | Birth | Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died in 1860) | Julian Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1780 (September 23 1780) | Event | American Revolution; British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold s treason. | John Major Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1779 (September 23 1779) | Event | American Revolution; squadron commanded by John Paul Jones in USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships. | Ron Paul Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1773 (September 23 1773) | Death | Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (born in 1718) | |
| September 23rd, 1771 (September 23 1771) | Birth | Emperor Kokaku of Japan (died in 1840) | |
| September 23rd, 1764 (September 23 1764) | Death | Robert Dodsley, English writer (born in 1703) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1759 (September 23 1759) | Birth | Clothilde of France, queen of piedmont-Sardinia (died in 1802) | |
| September 23rd, 1740 (September 23 1740) | Birth | Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (died in 1813) | |
| September 23rd, 1738 (September 23 1738) | Death | Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (born in 1668) | |
| September 23rd, 1728 (September 23 1728) | Death | Christian Thomasius, German jurist (born in 1655) | |
| September 23rd, 1713 (September 23 1713) | Birth | King Ferdinand VI of Spain (died in 1759) | |
| September 23rd, 1675 (September 23 1675) | Death | Valentin Conrart, founder of the Academie Francaise (born in 1603) | |
| September 23rd, 1650 (September 23 1650) | Birth | Jeremy Collier, English bishop (died in 1726) | Jeremy Collier Quotes |
| September 23rd, 1647 (September 23 1647) | Birth | Joseph Dudley, American statesman (died in 1720) | |
| September 23rd, 1642 (September 23 1642) | Event | First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College. | |
| September 23rd, 1605 (September 23 1605) | Death | Pontus de Tyard, French poet | |
| September 23rd, 1598 (September 23 1598) | Birth | Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1655) | |
| September 23rd, 1573 (September 23 1573) | Death | Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (born in 1524) | |
| September 23rd, 1571 (September 23 1571) | Death | John Jewel, English bishop (born in 1522) | |
| September 23rd, 1535 (September 23 1535) | Death | Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born in 1513) | |
| September 23rd, 1529 (September 23 1529) | Event | The Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman I begins his attack on the city. | |
| September 23rd, 1459 (September 23 1459) | Event | Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. | |
| September 23rd, 1434 (September 23 1434) | Birth | Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (died in 1478) | |
| September 23rd, 1390 (September 23 1390) | Death | John I, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1346) | |
| September 23rd, 1241 (September 23 1241) | Death | Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (born in 1178) | |
| September 23rd, 1215 (September 23 1215) | Birth | Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (died in 1294) | |
| September 23rd, 1161 (September 23 1161) | Birth | Emperor Takakura of Japan (died in 1181) | |
| September 23rd, 1158 (September 23 1158) | Birth | Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (died in 1186) | |
| September 23rd, 1122 (September 23 1122) | Event | Concordat of Worms. | |
| September 23rd, 0480 (September 23 0480) | Birth | Euripides, Greek playwright (died in 406 BC) | Euripides Quotes |
