Historical Events In January - 07
Monday, 16 February 2026
0312 Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies 

0754 Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion 

1130 Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 

1285 Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58. 

1325 Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal 

1325 Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies 

1451 Amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67. 

1528 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV. 

1529 Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies 

1536 Catherine o fAragon, the divorced inaugural wife of King Henry VIII of England dies. 

1536 Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies 

1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated. 

1539 Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer 

1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French under Francois, Duke of Guise. 

1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French. 

1566 Antonio Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V. 

1566 Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V 

1566 Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies. 

1579 England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with the Netherlands. 

1579 England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland. 

1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire. 

1590 Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61. 

1591 Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59. 

1598 Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I. 

1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I 

1598 Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40. 

1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 

1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. 

1610 Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter with his newly invented telescope. 

1610 Galileo discovers3 of Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede 

1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede. 

1611 James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans) 

1612 Paul de La Pierre, composer 

1618 Francis Bacon is recorded as becoming English lord chancellor. 

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