January 23... Best parts:
1556 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. 830,000 people may have been killed.
1570 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war.
1870 - Marias Massacre.
1982 - Kirottu is born.