Historical Events In January - 04
Friday, 06 February 2026
0274 In this year, St Eutychian starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0838 Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred 

0871 Battle at Reading Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army. 

0871 Ethelred of Wessex is defeated by Danish forces at Reading, gains a brilliant victory 4 days later at Ashdown, is defeated January 22 at Basing, triumphs again March 2 at Marton in Wiltshire, but dies in April 

0871 Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 

1334 Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye 

1357 Flemish Earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty. 

1490 Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty. 

1493 Columbus left new world on return from inaugural voyage 

1493 Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage 

1519 inaugural Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz) 

1519 -6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz). 

1567 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect 

1570 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" 

1579 Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar. 

1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) 

1584 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 

1604 Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe). 

1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 

1618 In France, Samuel de Champlain receives the dowry of his wife Helene Boulle. 

1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament. 

1643 Sir Isaac Newton, British scientist is born 

1643 Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]. 

1678 Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71. 

1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies 

1698 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire. 

1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 

1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies. 

1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo). 

1717 Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance 

1717 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer. 

1720 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist. 

1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London. 

1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]. 

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