Historical Events In January - 23
1002 The Holy Roman Emperor Otto III dies of malaria January 23 at age 21 while conducting a campaign against the Romans
1490 First printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
1492 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) first printed
1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England
1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China
1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
1631 France &Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Bärwald
1637 Dutch Governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
1643 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for the Parliamentarians
1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
1663 King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten
1668 England, Netherlands &Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1723 Georg Friedrich Händel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
1779 Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
1789 Georgetown University, the first Catholic college in the U.S., is established in what is now Washington, D.C.
1789 Georgetown, first US Catholic college, founded
1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia &Russia
1793 Humane Society of Philadelphia (first aid society) organized
1796 Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500
1812 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1845 Congress agrees that all national elections in the U.S. will fall on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
1845 Congress decided that all national elections would take place on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
1845 Uniform US election day for President &Vice President authorized
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S. history to receive a medical degree.
1849 Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first woman physician in US
1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine
1856 Steamer Pacific lost
1861 Agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 varieties from Europe
1863 Toronto Stock Exchange introduces first regular daily trading sessions.
1865 -Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent's Reach)
1870 173 Blackfoot Indians (140 women &children) killed in Montana by US Army
1879 National Archery Association formed, Crawfordsville IN
