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On January 23, 393: Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.

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Featured moment · 393

Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

People

Born on January 23

Julio Enciso 2004– Paraguayan footballer (born 2004)
Joško Gvardiol 2002– Croatian footballer (born 2002)
Nicola Zalewski 2002– Polish footballer (born 2002)
Olga Danilović 2001– Serbian former tennis player (born 2001)
Fanni Pigniczki 2000– Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
Alban Lafont 1999– Footballer (born 1999)
XXXTentacion 1998– American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)
Keita Bates-Diop 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 1996– English footballer (born 1996)
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Addison Russell 1994– American baseball player (born 1994)
Reina Triendl 1992– Austrian-Japanese model, tarento, and actress
Steve Birnbaum 1991– American soccer player (born 1991)
Alex Silva 1990– Canadian professional wrestler (born 1990)
Leo Komarov 1987– Finnish ice hockey player (born 1987)
Gelete Burka 1986– Ethiopian runner (born 1986)
Marc Laird 1986– Scottish footballer (born 1986)
José Enrique 1986– Spanish footballer (born 1986)
Steven Taylor 1986– English footballer (born 1986)

People

Died on January 23

Charles Osgood American television news anchor (1933–2024)
Melanie Safka American musician (1947–2024)
Hal Holbrook American actor (1925–2021)
Larry King American TV and radio host (1933–2021)
Song Yoo-jung South Korean actress and model (1994–2021)
Aloysius Pang Singaporean actor (1990–2019)
Oliver Mtukudzi Zimbabwean musician (1952–2019)
Hugh Masekela South African musician and composer (1939–2018)
Wyatt Tee Walker American civil rights activist and pastor (1928–2018)
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Ernie Banks American baseball player (1931–2015)
Prosper Ego Dutch activist
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924) King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015
Yuri Izrael Russian scientist (1930–2014)
Elmira Nazirova Azerbaijani composer (1928–2014)
Józef Glemp Polish cardinal
Robert W. Scott American politician (1929–2009)
Syed Hussein Alatas Malaysian academic, sociologist and politician
Johnny Carson American comedian and television host (1925–2005)

Timeline

Every January 23 on record

  1. 393 Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.

    Ruler of the Roman Empire

    The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

  2. 971 Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.

    Bow-like ranged weapon

    A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who shoots crossbow is called a crossbowman, an arbalister or an arbalist.

  3. 1229 The episcopal seat is moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen (located near the current centre of Turku) by the permission of Pope Gregory IX. The date is starting to be considered as the founding of Turku.

    Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland

    Nousiainen is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Turku along Highway 8 (E8). 24 sq mi) is water.

  4. 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.

    King of England from 1216 to 1272

    Henry III, also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

  5. 1368 Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the Hongwu Emperor, beginning the Ming dynasty.

    Emperor of China from 1368 to 1398

    The Hongwu Emperor, personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 to 1398.

  6. 1546 Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
  7. 1556 The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
  8. 1565 The Deccan Sultanates defeat Rama Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire at the Battle of Talikota, resulting in over 100,000 casualties and the destruction of the capital Vijayanagara.
  9. 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.
  10. 1571 The Royal Exchange opens in London.
  11. 1579 The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
  12. 1656 Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
  13. 1719 The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
  14. 1755 Moscow University is established (12 January 1755 O.S.).
  15. 1789 Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll, Rev. Robert Molyneux, and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth.
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  1. 1793 Second Partition of Poland.
  2. 1795 After crossing the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry capture 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of surrender of naval vessels to land forces.
  3. 1846 Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
  4. 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.
  5. 1870 In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
  6. 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: The Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
  7. 1899 The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first president.
  8. 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.
  9. 1904 Ålesund Fire: The Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  10. 1909 RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  11. 1912 The First International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  12. 1919 The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka.
  13. 1920 The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
  14. 1922 The first successful treatment with insulin is given to 14-year-old diabetic Leonard Thompson.
  15. 1937 The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.

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