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01/23/0638
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Start of Islamic calendar
Type: Event
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01/23/1002
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Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21
Type: Death
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01/23/1265
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1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
Type: Event
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01/23/1356
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Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies
Type: Death
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01/23/1490
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1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
Type: Event
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01/23/1492
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"Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
Type: Event
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01/23/1516
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Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63
Type: Death
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01/23/1548
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Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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01/23/1552
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2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England
Type: Event
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01/23/1556
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Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
Type: Event
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01/23/1570
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Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
Type: Event
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01/23/1571
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Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
Type: Event
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01/23/1574
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Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter
Type: Birth
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01/23/1579
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Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
Type: Event
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01/23/1582
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John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1622
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William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
Type: Death
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01/23/1631
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France and Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Brwald
Type: Event
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01/23/1637
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Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
Type: Event
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01/23/1639
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Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
Type: Death
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01/23/1643
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Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians
Type: Event
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01/23/1647
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Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
Type: Event
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01/23/1648
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Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40
Type: Death
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01/23/1663
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King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rnstaten
Type: Event
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01/23/1668
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England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
Type: Event
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01/23/1708
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Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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01/23/1719
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Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
Type: Event
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01/23/1723
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Georg Friedrich Hndel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
Type: Event
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01/23/1730
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Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1752
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Muzio Clementi, Italian composer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1761
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Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1762
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Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1779
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Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
Type: Event
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01/23/1783
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Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1785
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Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad
Type: Birth
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01/23/1789
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Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
Type: Event
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01/23/1793
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2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia
Type: Event
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01/23/1793
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Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized
Type: Event
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01/23/1796
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Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500
Type: Event
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01/23/1800
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Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
Type: Death
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01/23/1805
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Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
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01/23/1806
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William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46
Type: Death
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01/23/1812
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7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
Type: Event
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01/23/1813
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Franz Commer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1813
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George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/23/1814
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Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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01/23/1816
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Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician
Type: Birth
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01/23/1820
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Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1828
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Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
Type: Birth
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01/23/1830
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Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/min of War (1899-1900)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1832
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douard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (Djeuner sur L'Herbe)
Type: Birth
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