412 Historic Events for January 23
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| 638 |
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Start of Islamic calendar
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| 1002 |
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Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21
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| 1265 |
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1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
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| 1356 |
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Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies
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| 1490 |
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1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
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| 1492 |
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"Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
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| 1516 |
Death |
Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63
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| 1548 |
Death |
Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57
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| 1552 |
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2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England
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| 1556 |
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Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
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| 1570 |
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Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
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| 1571 |
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Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
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| 1574 |
Birth |
Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter
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| 1579 |
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Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
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| 1582 |
Birth |
John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)
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| 1622 |
Death |
William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
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| 1631 |
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France and Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of B„rwald
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| 1637 |
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Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
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| 1639 |
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Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
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| 1643 |
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Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians
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| 1647 |
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Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
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| 1648 |
Death |
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40
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| 1663 |
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King Louis XIV affirms covenant with R˜nstaten
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| 1668 |
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England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
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| 1708 |
Death |
Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
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