What happened on January 23 ?

1002 - Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)

1199 - Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)

1548 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490)

1549 - Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)

1567 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)

1570 - James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland (assassinated)

1622 - William Baffin, English explorer (b. 1584)

1744 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)

1785 - Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)

1789 - Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)

1789 - John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)

1800 - Edward Rutledge, American statesman (b. 1749)

1803 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)

1805 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763)

1812 - Robert Craufurd, British general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1764)

1833 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)

1837 - John Field, Irish composer (b. 1782)

1875 - Charles Kingsley English writer (b. 1819)

1883 - Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)

1893 - Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825)

1923 - Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)

1931 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b. 1881)

1937 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898)

1937 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876)

1943 - Alexander Woollcott, American actor, author, and bon vivant (b. 1887)

1944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863)

1971 - Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871)

1973 - Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886)

1976 - Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (b. 1898)

1978 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (b. 1946)

1978 - Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)

1981 - Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)

1983 - Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b. 1908)

1989 - Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)

1992 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (b. 1924)

1993 - Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer (b. 1899)

1994 - Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (b. 1917)

1994 - Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)

1997 - Richard Berry, American composer and musician (b. 1935)

1999 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)

2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)

2002 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)

2002 - Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934)

2002 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)

2003 - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)

2004 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927)

2004 - Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920)

2005 - Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921)

2005 - Johnny Carson, American television legend (b. 1925)

2005 - Douglas Knight, American university president (b. 1921)

2006 - Ernie Baron, Philippine newscaster (b. 1940)

2006 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)