This Day In European History 23rd January Events 1295: Pope Boniface VIII elected. 1516: Following Ferdinand of Aragons death, Archduke Charles of Austria succeeds to the throne as King Charles I of Spain; he later also becomes Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. 1571: The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht begins bringing closure to the Spanish War of Succession. 1719: The Principality of Liechtenstein is founded. 1793: Second Partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia. 1849: Prussia proposed a United Germany, not including Austria. Births 1752: Muzio Clementi, Italian composer and father of the piano. 1783: Stendhal, French novelist. 1832: Edouard Manet, French painter. 1862: David Hilbert, German mathematician. 1891: Antonio Gramsci, Italian politician and Italian Communist Party founder. 1896: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. 1898: Sergey Eisenstein, Russian director. Deaths 1002: Otto III, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. 1516: King Ferdinand II the Catholic of Aragon, Sicily, Naples and Castile, uniter of the Spanish kingdoms. 1622: William Baffin, English navigator. 1744: Giambattista Vico, Italian forerunner of anthropology. 1750: Ludovico Muratori, Italian historian. 1806: William Pitt the younger, British Prime Minister. 1810: John Hoppner, English painter. 1866: Thomas Love Peacock, British writer. 1875: Charles Kingsley, English clergyman and writer. 1931: Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina. 1989: Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist.
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