Historical Events In January - 01

1494  Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia on January - 01.   

1502  On this day in history portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro   

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1504  King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta on January - 01.   

1504  On this day in history caspar Cruciger, German church reformer   

1515  On this day in history francois, Duke of Angouleme succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.   

1515  Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria on January - 01.   

1515  On this day in history françois, Duke of Angoulême succeeds Louis XII as François I of France   

1517  On this day in history hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies   

1520  On January - 01 franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], lawyer   

1527  On this day in history croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.   

1557  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 on January - 01.   

1559  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies   

1573  Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem on January - 01.   

1583  1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders on January - 01.   

1583  On this day in history first day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders   

1600  On this day in history scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of 25 March.   

1610  German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610 on January - 01.   

1610  German astronomer Simon Marius first discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610 on January - 01.   

1617  On this day in history hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies   

1618  On January - 01 bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]   

1622  Papal Chancery adopts January as beginning of the year on January - 01.   

1622  On January - 01 papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)   

1622  On this day in history isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist   

1626  On this day in history cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68   

1628  Christoph Bernhard, German composer on January - 01.   

1630  Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies on January - 01.   

1638  On this day in history antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright   

1651  On this day in history charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland   

1652  Johann Krieger, composer on January - 01.   

1660  Englishman Samuel Pepys begins his famous diary on January - 01.   

1660  1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary on January - 01.   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.   

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52