Today in History
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 23, 393 |
Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. |
Jan 23, 909 |
John of Rila aka Saint Ivan and the fable of two pies. |
Jan 23, 971 |
In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. The Southern Han state is forced to submit to the Song Dynasty, ending Southern Han rule, also first regular war elephant corps employed in Chinese army |
Jan 23, 1265 |
1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) |
Jan 23, 1368 |
In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. |
Jan 23, 1490 |
1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul |
Jan 23, 1546 |
Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. |
Jan 23, 1552 |
2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England |
Jan 23, 1556 |
Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China |
Jan 23, 1570 |
Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out |
Jan 23, 1571 |
Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London |
Jan 23, 1579 |
Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic |
Jan 23, 1631 |
France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald |
Jan 23, 1637 |
Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil |
Jan 23, 1643 |
Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians in English Civil War |
Jan 23, 1647 |
Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament |
Jan 23, 1656 |
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. |
Jan 23, 1663 |
King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten |
Jan 23, 1668 |
England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French |
Jan 23, 1719 |
Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire. |
Jan 23, 1779 |
Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) |
Jan 23, 1789 |
Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded |
Jan 23, 1793 |
2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia |
Jan 23, 1793 |
Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized |
Jan 23, 1796 |
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 |
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