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January 28. January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 337 days remain until the end of the year (338 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 98 ??? On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. 814 ??? The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire. 1069 ??? Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North. 1077 ??? Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy. 1521 ??? The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. 1547 ??? Edward VI, the nine...
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January 27. January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 338 days remain until the end of the year (339 in leap years).
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January 27. January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 338 days remain until the end of the year (339 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 98 ??? Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. 945 ??? The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1186 ??? Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily. 1302 ??? Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence. 1343 ??? Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this....
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January 26. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year (340 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 661 ??? The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. 1531 ??? The 6.4???7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. 1564 ??? The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1564 ??? The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War. 1601???1900 1699 ??? For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers. 1700 ??? The 8.7???9.2 Mw...
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January 26. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year (340 in leap years).
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January 25. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 340 days remain until the end of the year (341 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 41 ??? After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. 750 ??? In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty. 1327 ??? Fourteen-year-old Edward III ascends the throne of England after his father the king is forced to abdicate by Queen Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer. 1348 ??? A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. 1479 ??? The Treaty of Constantinople ends the 16-year-long First Ottoman???Venetian War. 1494 ??? Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1515 ??? Coronation of Francis I of France takes place...
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January 25. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 340 days remain until the end of the year (341 in leap years).
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January 24. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years).
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January 24. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 41 ??? Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. 914 ??? Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. 1438 ??? The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. 1458 ??? Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary. 1536 ??? King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence. 1601???1900 1651 ??? Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the...
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January 23. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 342 days remain until the end of the year (343 in leap years).
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January 23. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 342 days remain until the end of the year (343 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 393 ??? Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 ??? Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. 1229 ??? The episcopal seat is moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen (located near the current centre of Turku) by the permission of Pope Gregory IX. The date is starting to be considered as the founding of Turku. 1264 ??? In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War. 1368 ??? Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the Hongwu Emperor, beginning...
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January 22. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 343 days remain until the end of the year (344 in leap years).
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January 22. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 343 days remain until the end of the year (344 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 613 ??? Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. 871 ??? Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King ??thelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing. 1506 ??? The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. 1517 ??? The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya. 1555 ??? The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar. 1601???1900 1689 ??? The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic...
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January 21. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years).
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January 21. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 763 ??? Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. 1525 ??? The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Z??rich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. 1535 ??? Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris. 1601???1900 1720 ??? Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. 1749 ??? The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by...
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January 20. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 345 days remain until the end of the year (346 in leap years).
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January 20. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 345 days remain until the end of the year (346 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 250 ??? Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. 1156 ??? Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Lake K??yli??. 1265 ??? The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament". 1320 ??? Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. 1356 ??? Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for an English pension. 1401 ??? The Taula de canvi (Catalan: "Table of change"), described as Europe's first-ever public bank, began operations inside Barcelona's...
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January 19. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 346 days remain until the end of the year (347 in leap years).
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January 19. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 346 days remain until the end of the year (347 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 379 ??? Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. 649 ??? Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. 1419 ??? Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1511 ??? The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope. 1520 ??? Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3....
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January 18. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 347 days remain until the end of the year (348 in leap years).
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January 18. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 347 days remain until the end of the year (348 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 474 ??? Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. 532 ??? Nika riots in Constantinople fail. 1126 ??? Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. 1486 ??? King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York. 1562 ??? Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session. 1586 ??? The magnitude 7.9 Tensh?? earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami. 1601???1900 1670 ??? Henry Morgan...
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January 17. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year (349 in leap years).
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January 17. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year (349 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 38 BC ??? Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. 1362 ??? Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. 1377 ??? Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. 1524 ??? Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. 1562 ??? France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain. 1595 ??? During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1601...
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January 16. January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 349 days remain until the end of the year (350 in leap years).
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