As of today, January 19, 2023

What happened like today in Greece and the world.

1419: During the Hundred Years’ War, Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing the English conquest of Normandy.

1764: The first report of using a letter bomb is made. The Danish historian, Bolle Luxdorf, writes in his diary that Colonel Poulsen received a package at his home and when he opened it it exploded and injured him.

1795: The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, putting an end to the Dutch Republic.

1806: The British occupy the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.

1827: Battle of Distomo: 600 fighters from Souli and Livadeia under Noti Botsaris and Drako defeat 2,500 Turks of Kiutachi at Distomo.

1903: The organization of the first cycling tour of France, called the Tour de France, is announced.

1998: The press of the neighboring country is talking about a change in Turkish policy in the Cyprus issue and abandonment of threats to the S-300, according to which the Prime Minister, Mesut Yilmaz, was convinced during his meeting with the US President, Bill Clinton, that the Russian missiles will not be used against Turkey.

2003: Nikos Maggitsis is the first Greek to reach the South Pole. Together with two Americans, they traveled a distance of 250 kilometers, with a temperature reaching -50 degrees Celsius, and raised the flags of Greece and the Olympic Games at the southernmost point of the planet.

2010: It is announced that the victims of the new flu in Greece have reached 100.

2021: Outgoing US President Donald Trump in his farewell address condemns the Capitol invasion and wishes Joe Biden the best, without naming him.

Births

399 – Pulcheria, Byzantine empress

1261 – Ladislaus I, King of Poland

1382 – Alexios IV Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond

1544 – Francis II, King of France

1585 – Lucilius Vanini, Italian philosopher

1736 – James Watt, Scottish inventor

1798 – Auguste Comte, French philosopher

1807 – Robert Lee, American general

1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer

1821 – Ferdinand Gregorovius, German historian

1826 – Gustav Herzberg, German historian

1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter

1851 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer

1865 – Valentin Serov, Russian painter

1875 – Skeufilax Zervos, Greek physician and campaigner

1890 – Habibullah Kalakani, King of Afghanistan

1897 – Karl Kerenyi, Hungarian philologist

1902 – George Ostrogorski, Russian Byzantine scholar

1909 – Asimakis Gialamas, Greek writer

1912 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist

1919 – Marios Ploritis, Greek writer and director

1920 – Javier Perez de Cuellar, Peruvian politician

1921 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer

1937 – Ginder Litfin, German tailor

1941 – Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler

1942 – George Hatzinassios, Greek composer

1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer

1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer and actress

1947 – Rod Evans, English singer

1947 – Elena Nathanael, Greek actress

1951 – Charalambos Angourakis, Greek politician

1952 – Hector Nasiokas, Greek politician

1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress

1965 – Koulis Theodorou, Cypriot composer

1972 – Ar Truth, American wrestler

1974 – Dimitra Matsouka, Greek actress

1979 – Yosu Sariegi, Spanish football player

1980 – Arvindas Matsijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

1980 – Jenson Button, English racing driver

1981 – Demosthenes Manousakis, Greek football player

1983 – Ismael Blanco, Argentine soccer player

1986 – Claudio Marchisio, Italian football player

1988 – Alexei Vorobyov, Russian singer and actor

1988 – Tomas Protopapas, Greek actor and model

1992 – Logan Lerman, American actor

Deaths

532 – Hypatius, Byzantine nobleman

1305 – Ruggero di Lauria, Italian admiral

1526 – Isabella of Austria, Queen of Denmark

1576 – Hans Sachs, German writer

1847 – Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet

1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist

1938 – Branislav Nusic, Serbian writer

1938 – Evangelia Paraskevopoulou, Greek actress

1947 – Dionysios K. Voultsos, Greek military and politician

1948 – Tony Garnier, French architect

1954 – Mohamed Amin Didi, Maldivian politician

1969 – Jan Palach, Czech political activist

1986 – Nikolaos X. Aronis, Greek prefect

1988 – Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer

1998 – Carl Perkins, American songwriter

1999 – Dimitrios Menegas, Greek lawyer and prefect

2000 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress

2007 – Hrad Dink, Turkish publisher

2010 – Christos Hatziskoulidis, Greek football player

2016 – Ettore Scola, Italian director