2024-01-22 23:55:50
On Tuesday, January 23rd, the book of history records, among other things:
1264: The French King Louis IX decides in the Amiens arbitration award. the English power struggle between Henry III. and the nobility in favor of the king. This triggers a civil war in which Heinrich is initially defeated.
1579: As the “Utrecht Union”, seven Dutch provinces under the leadership of William I of Orange broke away from Spain and formed the “Republic of the United Netherlands”.
1719: Emperor Charles VI elevates the rule of Schellenberg and the county of Vaduz to the status of an independent Principality of Liechtenstein. Hans Adam (“the rich”) of Liechtenstein becomes the first prince.
1799: After the occupation by French revolutionary troops, the Parthenopean Republic was founded in Naples.
1849: Prussia proposes the formation of a Little German Confederation without Austria.
1849: Elizabeth Blackwell, who was born in England, became the first woman to complete a medical degree when she received her doctorate in medicine.
1909: Completion of the 8.6 kilometer long Tauern Tunnel between Badgastein and Mallnitz.
1954: The Graz station “Alpenland” is released by the British occupying forces.
1974: The National Council passes a new criminal code that comes into force on January 1, 1975.
2004: Bird flu claims its first fatality in Thailand.
Birthdays: Alois Negrelli Edler v. Moldelbe, eastern Technician (planner of the Suez Canal) (1799-1858); Hans Hass, Eastern marine explorer (1919-2013); Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (“Blade Runner”) (1944-2019).
Days of death: Edvard Munch, Norway. painter (1863-1944); Matthias Sindelar, Eastern football player (1903-1939); Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (1904-1989); Helmut Newton, German-Australian. photographer (1920-2004); Franz Gabl, 1st Eastern. Winner of an Olympic medal in skiing (1921-2014); Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-US avant-garde filmmaker (1922-2019); Christine von Kohl, Danish. Journalist and Balkan expert (1923-2009); Riz Ortolani, Italian film composer (1926-2014).
Name days: Heinrich, Emerentiana, Ildefons, Bernhard, Hartmut, Suso, Maria Sponsata, Eugen, Gregor.
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