23 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 23 is the day number 23 in a given year. January 23 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1264	King Louis IX of France issued the Mise of Amiens, a settlement between King Henry III of England and barons led by Simon de Montfort heavily favouring the former, which later led to the Second Barons' War.
1556	Eighty and 30 thousand people died in the devastating earthquake that hit China's Shenxi province.
1556	The deadliest earthquake in history killed about 830,000 people in Shaanxi Province, China.
1565	The battle of Telekota saw the decline of the Hindu empire Vijayanagar.
1570	James Hamilton shot and killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination using a firearm.
1719	Liechtenstein's principality was created within the Holy Roman Empire.
1719	Emperor Charles VI established Liechtenste in, the only principality in the Holy Roman Empire still in existence today.
1760	The British defeated the French in the Battle of Vandiwash.
1765	The Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II married the Princess Maria Josefa of Bavaria in Vienna.
1789	Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would be the home of the future George town University, the oldest Catholic Universityin the United States.
1793	The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.
1849	Elizabeth Blackwell became the first American woman to obtain a medical degree.
1849	Elizabeth Blackwell received her M.D. from Geneva Medical College in New York, making her the first female physician in the United States and the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school.
1899	Pursuant to the adoption of the Malolos Constitution and the establishment of the First Philippine Republic, Emilio Aguinaldo was sworn in as the first President of the Philippines.
1915	The Chilembwe uprising, regarded as a seminal moment in the history of Malawi, began as rebels, led by a minister, attacked local plantation owners.
1920	The Netherlands refused to produce the German Kaiser.
1926	Shireen Auditorium established in Los Angeles.
1929	The drama film Bellamy Trial was released.
1930	Clyde Tomboag first photographed the planet Pluto.
1945	German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz ordered the beginning ofOperation Hannibal, which became one of the largest emergencyevacuations by sea in history, with over 1 million people transferredover 15 weeks.
1964	Under the transplantation process, for the first time in the US city of Mississippi, an animal organ was placed in a human body. A chimpanzee's heart was placed in a man's body at a medical center in Mississippi, but the man died a short time later.
1967	The English new town of Milton Keynes was formed in Buckinghamshire as an amalgamation of several towns and villages.
1968	USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.
1976	Kapilavastu, the city of Gautama Buddha, was discovered in excavations.
1992	Visit” opens at Criterion Theatre New York City. It made 45 performances.
1994	Bosnia-Herzegovina was celebrated Worldwide Day for peace.
1996	Chris Cairns, the New Zealand cricketer scored 120 in 96 balls in Test against Zimbabwe.
1997	Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.
1998	Pope John Paul II condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba.
2001	Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claimed was staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
2002	American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and latermurdered by Al Qaeda agents.
2004	In Madhya Pradesh, a complete ban on cow slaughter came into force.
2006	Stephen Harper wins the election in Canada. He is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years.
2009	The ban on smoking scenes in film and television programs is over.
2010	Six Venezulean cable television channels are banned by the government for refusing to transmit government messages.
2011	Google awards its outgoing CEO. Eric Schmidt, the outgoing CEO will get $100 million.
2012	European Union imposes more sanctions on Iran's banking and oil industries due to Iran's nuclear program.
2013	World Economic Forum is hosted in Davos, Switzerland.
393	Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaimed his nine-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1870	American Indian Wars-The United States Army massacred friendly brand of Piegan Blackfeet in Montana Territory, resulting in about 200 deaths, mostly women, children, and elderly men.
1897	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, a freedom fighter from India, was born in Cuttack, Odisha.
1920	Air transport and airmail services started in India.
1924	Indian politician and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was born.
1966	Indira Gandhi became the third and first woman Prime Minister of India.
1993	Indian Airlines B737 crash at Aurangabad. 61 were killed.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1897	Subhash Chandra Bose / Freedom Fighter / India
1809	Surendra Sai / Activist / India
1850	Ambica Charan Mazumdar / Politician / India
1894	Jyotirmoyee Devi / Author / India
1897	Shubhsh Chandra Bose / Nationalist / India
1897	Subhas Chandra Bose / Politician / India
1897	Subhash Chandra Bose / Freedom Fighter / India
1926	Bal Thackeray / Journalist / India
1926	Balasaheb Thackeray / Politician / India
1953	Achal Kumar Jyoti / Civil Servant / India

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