November 23 in history: • 1635 – Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa: Soldiers from the Dutch East India Company (flag depicted) razed the village of Mattau, now part of modern-day Tainan, Taiwan. → go there • 1700 – A papal conclave, which had been deadlocked due to concerns over how a successor would respond to the impending death of Charles II of Spain, ended with the election of Clement XI. → go there • 1733 – African slaves in the Danish West Indies began an insurrection in one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas. → go there • 1980 – An earthquake struck the Irpinia region of Italy, killing at least 2,483 people, injuring more than 7,700 and leaving 250,000 homeless. → go there • 2007 – MS Explorer became the first cruise ship to sink in the Southern Ocean. → go there Died 955: Eadred Wiki link Born 1890: El Lissitzky Wiki link Born 1915: Anne Burns Wiki link Born 1945: Elisabeth Leonskaja Wiki link Pictured: Flag of the Dutch East India Company.