- 1305 23 Aug Scottish rebel William Wallace is hanged, drawn and quartered by the English at Smithfield, London.
- 1921 23 Aug The British mandate of Mesopotamia becomes the Kingdom of Iraq with the coronation of Faisal I.
- 1939 23 Aug The German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact is signed, containing a secret protocol for the partition of Poland.
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