January 23 in History

23 January in History – 75 years ago

Communist Victory in Northern China

Asia Pacific 1949: Communist Victory in Northern China

In China, the uneasy truce between Nationalists and Communists had collapsed in mid-1946.... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of Asia Pacific 1949: Communist Victory in Northern China
Asia Pacific 1949
Communist Victory in Northern China
In China, the uneasy truce between Nationalists and Communists had collapsed in mid-1946. Things...
Historical Atlas of Australasia 1942: Japan Comes South
Australasia 1942
Japan Comes South
Even as their planes racked Pearl Harbor, the Japanese were moving south to conquer the...
Historical Atlas of Asia Pacific 1942: Japanese Onslaught in the Pacific
Asia Pacific 1942
Japanese Onslaught in the Pacific
Following Pearl Harbor, the Japanese quickly overran Allied possessions in China, Southeast...
Historical Atlas of Europe 41: Reign of Caligula
Europe 41
Reign of Caligula
When Tiberius died in 37 AD, the throne passed to his 24-year-old nephew Gaius Caesar, better...
 

on 23 January 1942

Japanese take Kavieng & Rabaul

All Events on 23 January

ends   2005
Pro-Western Orange Revolution in Ukraine
starts   1978
Sandinistas overthrow Somoza in Nicaragua
  1963
PAIGC begins insurgency in Portuguese Guinea
ends   1943
British forces enter Tripoli, Libya
  1942
Japanese take Kavieng & Rabaul
starts   1915
Chilembwe leads rebellion in Nyasaland
  1899
Kuwait gives Britain control of its foreign policy
  1899
Philippine Republic proclaimed
ends   1825
Moreotes defeated in Greek civil war
ends   1813
Egyptians drive Diriyah from Hejaz
  393
Theodosius makes Honorius an Augustus
  369
Count Theodosius thwarts rebels in Britain*
  309
Hormizd II killed in war with Ghassanids in Syria*
ends   169
Lucius Verus co-rules Roman Empire
*Actual date uncertain; set to 23 January for purposes of Omniatlas

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