Historical Events In January - 01
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0001 Origin of Christian Era. 

0069 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising. 

0089 Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany is recorded as becoming emperor of Rome. 

0165 Antonine Plague in Roman Empire killing 5-10 million people. 

0250 Plague of Cyprian in Europe killing 1 million+ (Unknown, but at least) people 

0313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction. 

0379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia) 

0379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies. 

0404 Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered 

0404 Last gladiator competition in Rome 

0412 (BC) epidemic in Greece (Northern Greece, Roman Republic) 

0414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia. 

0429 (BC) Plague of Athens in Greece, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia killing 75000-100000 people. 

0541 Plague of Justinian in Europe and West Asia killing 25-100 million; 40-50% of population of Europe people 

0630 The Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly. 

0664 Plague of 664 in British Isles 

0722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord 

0735 Japanese smallpox epidemic in Japan killing 2 million (Approx. ?1/3 of entire Japanese population) people. 

0746 Plague of 746-747 in Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Africa 

0898 Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 

0898 The Carolingian king Odo of the West Franks dies 

0962 Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies. 

0990 In this year, Russia formally adopts Julian calendar. 

1200 (BC) Influenza Epidemic in Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia. 

1204 King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) 

1259 Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. 

1387 Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) 

1387 Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies. 

1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services. 

1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) 

1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg is recorded as becoming king of Hungary 

1449 Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence 

1467 Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland 

1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer 

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