Historical Events In January - 08
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
0482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies 

0624 Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan 

0624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle. 

0794 Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings 

0794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island. 

0871 Battle at Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 

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

1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) 

1100 Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029). 

1198 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III 

1198 Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies. 

1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France. 

1297 Monaco gains its independence. 

1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies. 

1336 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71. 

1455 Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 

1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown 

1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown. 

1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais. 

1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 

1570 Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510). 

1583 Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist. 

1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) 

1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka). 

1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews 

1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy. 

1598 Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72. 

1628 Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier 

1632 Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist. 

1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri, Italy at age 77 

1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy. 

1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56. 

1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 

1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix). 

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