What is January 23?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[393]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Theodosius I]] announces that his eight–year–old son [[Honorius]] will be co–Emperor. * [[1556]] &ndash; A magnitude 9.0 [[earthquake]] hits [[Shaanxi]] and [[Kansu]], [[China]]. It is estimated that up to 830,000 people are killed in the quake. * [[1570]] &ndash; [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]], regent for [[James VI of Scotland]], is [[murder]]ed by a [[firearm]], the first–recorded murder by gunshot. * [[1571]] &ndash; The [[Royal Exchange]] opens in [[Moscow]]. * [[1579]] &ndash; The [[Union of Utrecht]] forms a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Republic]] in the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1656]] &ndash; [[Blaise Pascal]] publishes the first of his ''Lettres Provinciales''. * [[1719]] &ndash; The [[Principality]] of [[Liechtenstein]] is created within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. * [[1772]] &ndash; French seafarer [[Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresnet]] and his second–in–command [[Jules Crozet]] discover the [[Crozet Islands]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; The [[ship]] [[HMS Bounty|HMS ''Bounty'']] is set on [[fire]] by mutineers. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[Second Partition of Poland]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; A strong [[earthquake]] hits [[New Madrid]], [[Missouri]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Blackwell]] becomes the first female American doctor. * [[1855]] &ndash; The first [[bridge]] crossing the [[Mississippi River]] opens in what is now [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. It is called the Hennepin [[Bridge]]. * [[1855]] &ndash; At a magnitude estimated to have been 8.2, the Wairarapa [[earthquake]] strikes [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]. * [[1870]] &ndash; In [[Montana]], [[US]] [[cavalry]]men kill 173 [[Native American]]s, mostly women and children, in the Marias massacre. * [[1879]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: The [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]] ends. * [[1896]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] discovers [[X-rays]]. * [[1899]] &ndash; [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] becomes [[President]] of the [[Philippines]]. * [[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer