August 23rd Traditional Cache

This PNG continues the “This Day in History” calendar series.  Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible!  Thank you!

August 23^rd:

According to Wikipedia and other sources, on August 23^rd:

79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.

1799 – Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.

1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.