Editing 1623 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Kara Mustafa Pasha (governor of Egypt)|Kara Mustafa Pasha]] is replaced as the Ottoman Governor of Egypt on orders of Sultan Murad IV.
* [[October 20]] &ndash; Cardinal [[Antonio Marcello Barberini]] informs [[Galileo Galilei]] that his brother, the newly-enthroned [[Pope Urban VIII]], wishes to receive a visit from Galileo.
* [[October 26]] &ndash; "[[Fatal Vespers]]": 95 people are killed when an upper floor of the French ambassador's house in London collapses under the weight of a congregation attending a mass.<ref>{{cite journal|author-link=Alexandra Walsham|first=Alexandra|last=Walsham|title=Fatal Vespers|journal=[[Past & Present (journal)|Past & Present]]|issue=144|year=1994|pages=36–87|doi=10.1093/past/144.1.36}}</ref> 
* [[November 1]]
**The [[Battle of Anjar]] is fought in modern-day [[Lebanon]] as the Druze emir [[Fakhr al-Din II]] defeats an invasion by Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq, the [[List of rulers of Damascus#Ottoman walis|Ottoman Governor of Damascus]], and takes him prisoner.
**Fire at [[Plymouth Colony]] destroys several buildings.
* [[November 8]]–[[December 5]] &ndash; Publication between these dates in London of the "[[First Folio]]" (''Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies''), a collection of 36 of the plays of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], half of which have not previously been printed.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/><ref>The earlier date is that on which "Copies as are not formerly entred [''sic.''] to other men" are entered in the ''[[Stationers' Register]]''; the later is the first recorded purchase – of two copies at £1 each by antiquarian [[Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Dering]]. [[Sotheby's]]. ''The Shakespeare First Folio, 1623: The Dr. Williams's Library Copy'', 13 July 2006; "Three Issues" p. 26; auction catalogue research by Peter Selley and Dr. Peter Beal.</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; 50 Christians are executed in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]], Japan, during the [[Great Martyrdom of Edo]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cieslik |first=Hubert |date=1954 |title=The Great Martyrdom in Edo 1623. Its Causes, Course, Consequences |journal=[[Monumenta Nipponica]] |volume=10 |issue=1/2 |pages=1–44 |doi=10.2307/2382790 |issn=0027-0741 |jstor=2382790}}</ref>