May 23 in History

23 May in History – 125 years ago

Thousand Days' War

South America 1900: Thousand Days' War

Long unstable, Colombia collapsed into civil war in 1899, when the Liberal Party revolted... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of Europe 2014: Donbass Rebellion
Europe 2014
Donbass Rebellion
Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, pro-Russian unrest broke out across southern and...
Historical Atlas of North America 1900: Thousand Days' War
North America 1900
Thousand Days' War
The Spanish-American War gave the US an empire in the Caribbean and the Pacific and marked its...
Historical Atlas of South America 1900: Thousand Days' War
South America 1900
Thousand Days' War
Long unstable, Colombia collapsed into civil war in 1899, when the Liberal Party revolted...
 

on 23 May 1895

Taiwan declares independence

All Events on 23 May

  2008
Union of South American Nations formed
starts   1965
OAS occupation of Dominican Republic
  1951
Tibet accepts Chinese sovereignty
  1949
Creation of German Federal Republic with capital at Bonn
ends   1940
Germany overruns Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France
  1915
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
ends   1915
Baster unrest in German South West Africa
  1895
Taiwan declares independence
*Actual date uncertain; set to 23 May for purposes of Omniatlas

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