412 Historic Events for January 23
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| 1719 |
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Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
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| 1723 |
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Georg Friedrich H„ndel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
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| 1730 |
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Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
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| 1752 |
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Muzio Clementi, Italian composer
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| 1761 |
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Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide)
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| 1762 |
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Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
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| 1779 |
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Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
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| 1783 |
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Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
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| 1785 |
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Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad
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| 1789 |
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Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
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| 1793 |
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Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized
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| 1793 |
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2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia
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| 1796 |
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Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500
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| 1800 |
Death |
Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
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| 1805 |
Death |
Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63
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| 1806 |
Death |
William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46
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| 1812 |
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7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
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| 1813 |
Death |
George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Franz Commer, composer
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| 1814 |
Death |
Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52
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| 1816 |
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Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician
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| 1820 |
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Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer
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| 1828 |
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Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
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| 1830 |
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Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/min of War (1899-1900)
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| 1832 |
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douard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (D‚jeuner sur L'Herbe)
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