What happened on 23 June?

9 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 2016 Brexit referendum UK votes 52-48% to leave the European Union; finalised in 2020.
2. 1757 Battle of Plassey Clive defeats Siraj-ud-Daulah in Bengal; foundation of British rule in India.
3. 1912 Born: Alan Turing Mathematician who founded computer science and broke the Enigma cipher.
4. 2016 Brexit The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, from the 2016 referendum to the end of the transition period.
5. 1314 Battle of Bannockburn Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II near Stirling; secures Scottish independence for centuries.
6. 2023 Wagner Group mutiny Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief armed revolt against Russian leadership.
7. 1848 June Days uprising Workers' revolt in Paris crushed by the National Assembly's army.
8. 1972 Title IX enacted US law bars sex discrimination in education, transforming women's access to sport and university.
9. 1885 Lord Salisbury's first premiership A short caretaker ministry while the Irish question tears the Liberals apart.