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0314  On this day in history st Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope  Share it »

0532  On this day in history nika-revolt against Justianus &Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople  Share it »

0705  John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  Share it »

1055  Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire on this day in history.  Share it »

1055  Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1083  On this day in history otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020)  Share it »

1158  Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king on this day in history.  Share it »

1403  On this day in history jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg  Share it »

1449  On this day in history domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter  Share it »

1503  Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck) on this day in history.  Share it »

1552  Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1558  On this day in history westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm  Share it »

1569  The first recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral on this day in history.  Share it »

1569  1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral on this day in history.  Share it »

1571  On this day in history emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion  Share it »

1599  Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove &muskaat on this day in history.  Share it »

1599  Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat on this day in history.  Share it »

1641  Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1650  On this day in history paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49  Share it »

1672  On this day in history isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society  Share it »

1674  Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58 on this day in history.  Share it »

1693  On this day in history mt Etna erupts, Sicily  Share it »

1703  Columban Praelisauer, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1709  On this day in history colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London  Share it »

1720  On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent  Share it »

1727  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1746  Frantisek Adam Mica, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1750  Johann Jakob Walder, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1753  On this day in history ferdinand VI of Spain &Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord  Share it »

1753  On this day in history ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord  Share it »

1753  Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92 on this day in history.  Share it »

1758  Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia on this day in history.  Share it »

1758  On this day in history russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia [NS=Jan 22]  Share it »

1759  First American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia on this day in history.  Share it »

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1322  Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1359  Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1395  On this day in history birth of michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)  Share it »

1403  Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1449  Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1503  On this day in history birth of francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)  Share it »

1591  Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1630  John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1055  Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1083  Death of Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020) on this day in history.  Share it »

1494  On this day in history death of domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)  Share it »

1495  On this day in history death of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)  Share it »

1547  Death of Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470) on this day in history.  Share it »

1552  Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1641  On this day in history franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies  Share it »

1650  Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  Share it »