January 23 in History

Historical Events on January 23

1264 In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War.

1789 Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)

1870 In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.

1900 Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.

1941 Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

1943 World War II: Troops of Montgomery's Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.

1943 World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly-fought Battle of Buna-Gona.

1967 Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.

1973 United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.

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Famous Birthdays on January 23

599 Emperor Taizong of Tang

1897 Subhas Chandra Bose

1969 Andrei Kanchelskis

1984 Arjen Robben

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Famous Deaths on January 23

1516 Ferdinand II of Aragon

1976 Paul Robeson

1989 Salvador Dalí

1999 Joe D'Amato

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