Historical Events In January - 06
Saturday, 31 January 2026
0664 Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) 

1066 King Harald of England crowned 

1088 Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies. 

1099 Henry V crowned German king. 

1205 Philip of Swabia is recorded as becoming King of the Romans 

1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre. 

1275 Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies 

1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star 

1374 Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies 

1412 Joan of Arc, French martyr is born. 

1425 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies. 

1448 Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies. 

1449 Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra. 

1453 Emperor Frederik III is recorded as becoming archduke of Austria. 

1481 Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde. 

1486 Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor. 

1488 Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) 

1494 The inaugural Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola 

1496 Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi 

1497 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria). 

1535 City of Lima (Peru) founded by Francisco Pizarro. 

1535 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro 

1536 Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies. 

1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves. 

1541 Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52. 

1579 Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras 

1585 Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian. 

1587 Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43). 

1592 Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies. 

1602 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader. 

1616 Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) 

1622 Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide. 

1639 Virginia is inaugural colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed 

1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed 

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