1430CE
War
Joan of Arc captured
French heroine Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne during the Hundred Years' War.
Daily Chronicle
May 23
3 Historical Records
1707CE
Birth
Carl Linnaeus Born
Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who formalized the binomial nomenclature system for naming organisms. Known as the 'father of modern taxonomy,' his classification system remains the foundation of biological naming today.
1934CE
Other
Bonnie and Clyde killed
Famous American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and killed by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.