May 23 in History
23 May in History – 125 years ago

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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Ending on 23 May 1915
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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