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- 1786
- Östersund is chartered as a town in Sweden.
- 1812
- During the Peninsular War, French forces defeat Anglo-German forces at the Battle of Venta del Pozo (Villodrigo).
- 1859
- The Province of Genoa is established in the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1907
- American Episcopalian missionaries open University Hospital in Tondo, Manila.
- 1923
- In Michigan, Detroit annexes part of Gratiot Township, thereby moving it from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone.
- 1938
- In the Soviet Union, Popasna is promoted to a city and renamed L. M. Kahanowytscha in honor of an associate of Joseph Stalin.
- 1987
- In Alaska, Aleutians East Borough is created from part of the Aleutian Islands Census Area.
- 1993
- A J Sainsbury's closes in Eastbourne, England.
- 2017
- Vista Montaña park opens in San José, California.
- 2021
- Midburn begins in the Negev Desert in Israel.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on October 23, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on October 23 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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