January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
Day of death January 23, 1863
The temperature on January 23, 1863 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
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