Historical Events In January - 27
St Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
[Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
On this day in history honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
On this day in history 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
The Persian mystic Al-Hallaj (abu al-Mughith-al-Hsayn ibn Mansur), 64, is sentenced to death for heresy after a long trial and is flogged, mutilated, and beheaded March 27 at Baghdad He has supported reform of the caliphate and been seen as a rabble-rouser on this day in history.
On this day in history bulgaria's Symeon dies of a heart attack May 27 after building an empire that stretches from the Ionian to the Black Sea
Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies on this day in history.
Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.
On this day in history king Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
On this day in history ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
On this day in history william the Conqueror troops set sail for England
Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.
Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on this day in history.
Pope Urban receives an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus for aid against the Seljuk Turks He proclaims the crusade November 27 at the Synod of Clermont, and he excommunicates France's Philip I for adultery on this day in history.
On this day in history pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade
Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies on this day in history.
On this day in history richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death.
On this day in history scotland's Alexander I dies at age 46 after a 17-year reign and is succeeded by his brother David, 40, who has ruled in the south since the death of their grandfather Edgar in 1107
David I becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.
Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194) on this day in history.
Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle on this day in history.
Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies on this day in history.
On this day in history wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
On this day in history count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) on this day in history.
Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on this day in history.
On this day in history robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.
On this day in history henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily.
On this day in history queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
