📜 This Day in History
January 23
1264King Louis IX of France issued the Mise of Amiens, a settlement between King Henry III of England and barons led by Simon de Montfort heavily favouring the former, which later led to the Second Barons' War.- 1571Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.
- 1870American Indian Wars: In the Marias Massacre, the United States Army killed about 200 Piegan Blackfeet, mostly women, children, and the elderly.
- 1915Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.
- 1993The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.
- 2003The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.
