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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). Events Pre-1600 1458 BC ??? Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. 27 BC ??? Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. 378 ??? General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuac??n. 550 ??? Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. 929 ??? Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of C??rdoba. 1120 ??? Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. 1275 ??? Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence...
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January 15. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 69 ??? Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. 1541 ??? King Francis I of France gives Jean-Fran??ois Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith". 1559 ??? Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London. 1582 ??? Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish???Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1601???1900 1759 ??? The British Museum opens to the public. 1777 ??? American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont)...
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January 15. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years).
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January 14. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 351 days remain until the end of the year (352 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 1236 ??? King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. 1301 ??? Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the ??rp??d dynasty in Hungary. 1601???1900 1761 ??? The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas. 1784 ??? American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. 1797 ??? The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades. 1814 ??? Treaty...
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January 14. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 351 days remain until the end of the year (352 in leap years).
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January 13. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 352 days remain until the end of the year (353 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 27 BC ??? Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. 532 ??? The Nika riots break out, during the racing season at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor Justinian I. 1435 ??? Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement by the Spanish of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands who had converted, or were converting to, Christianity, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV. 1547 ??? Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England....
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January 13. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 352 days remain until the end of the year (353 in leap years).
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January 12. January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 353 days remain until the end of the year (354 in leap years).
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January 11. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in leap years).
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January 12. January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 353 days remain until the end of the year (354 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 475 ??? Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. 1528 ??? Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523. 1554 ??? Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma. 1601???1900 1616 ??? The city of Bel??m, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. 1792 ??? Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain. 1808 ??? John Rennie's scheme to defend...
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January 11. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 532 ??? Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams???the Blues and the Greens???in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. 630 ??? Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders. 930 ??? Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians. 1055 ??? Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire. 1158 ??? Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia. 1569 ??? First recorded lottery in England. 1601???1900 1654 ??? Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River...
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January 10. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 355 days remain until the end of the year (356 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 49 BC ??? Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. 9 ??? The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty. 69 ??? Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. 236 ??? Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. 1072 ??? Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans. 1430 ??? Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world. 1475 ??? Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire...
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January 10. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 355 days remain until the end of the year (356 in leap years).
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January 9. January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 356 days remain until the end of the year (357 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 681 ??? Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. 1038 ??? An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300. 1127 ??? Jin???Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song period. 1349 ??? The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. 1431 ??? The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen. 1693 ??? Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes...
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January 9. January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 356 days remain until the end of the year (357 in leap years).
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January 8. January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 307 ??? Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his father, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. 871 ??? ??thelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. 1297 ??? Fran??ois Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. 1454 ??? The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador. 1499 ??? Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII. 1547 ??? The first Lithuanian...
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January 8. January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years).
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January 7. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years).
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January 7. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 49 BC ??? The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna. 1325 ??? Afonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 ??? French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1601???1900 1608 ??? Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. 1610 ??? Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night. 1708 ??? Battle of Zlatoust...
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January 6. January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year (360 in leap years).
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January 6. January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year (360 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 1066 ??? Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. 1205 ??? Philip of Swabia undergoes a second coronation as King of the Romans. 1322 ??? Stephen Uro?? III is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony. 1355 ??? Charles IV of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan. 1449 ??? Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. 1492 ??? The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella...
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January 5. January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year (361 in leap years).
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January 5. January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year (361 in leap years). Events Pre-1600 1477 ??? Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with Ren?? II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601???1900 1675 ??? Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg. 1757 ??? Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-Fran??ois Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides). 1781 ??? American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold. 1822...
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January 4. January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 361 days remain until the end of the year (362 in leap years).
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