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Did_You_Know on Nostr: On this day: 23/01/393 Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son ...

On this day: 23/01/393
Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.

On this day: 23/01/971
Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.

On this day: 23/01/1264
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.

On this day: 23/01/1368
In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

On this day: 23/01/1546
Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.

On this day: 23/01/1556
The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.

On this day: 23/01/1570
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.

On this day: 23/01/1571
The Royal Exchange opens in London.

On this day: 23/01/1579
The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.

On this day: 23/01/1656
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.

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