Historical Events In January - 20
Friday, 26 June 2026
0250 St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50). 

0250 Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies 

0287 St. Sebastian 

0820 Book of mother, published 

0820 Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies 

0842 Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies. 

0882 Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies 

1045 Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III 

1156 According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland 

1156 Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland 

1265 The inaugural English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester. 

1265 The inaugural ever English Parliament met in Westminster Hall. 

1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 

1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek is recorded as becoming king of Poland 

1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol steps down. 

1479 John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 

1502 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is inaugural explored. 

1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) are discovered (Spain) to deal with American affairs 

1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king. 

1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. 

1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 

1576 The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don MartÃn EnrÃquez de Almansa. 

1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) 

1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 

1613 Peace of Knarodends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden. 

1622 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns. 

1639 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies. 

1648 Cornerstone of Amsterdam town hall laid 

1654 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet 

1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64. 

1667 The Treaty of Andrussovo ends a 13-year war between Russia and Poland which cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and the eastern Ukraine to Russia. 

1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia. 

1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer. 

1691 Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77 

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