January 23

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[edit] Events

• 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor.
• 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1920 - The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• 1941 - Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• 1945 - World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.

[edit] Births

• 1688 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)

[edit] Deaths

• 1622 - William Baffin, English explorer (b. 1584)
• 1803 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)
• 1806 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)