Historical Events In January - 22
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
0565 On January - 22 eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 

0871 On this day in history battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex 

1336 Louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies on this day in history. 

1371 On January - 22 king Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned 

1440 On January - 22 ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania 

1506 On this day in history the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican. 

1510 On January - 22 jews are expelled from Colmar Germany 

1517 On this day in history turks conquer Cairo 

1521 On January - 22 emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms. 

1528 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V on this day in history. 

1531 Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44 on this day in history. 

1552 On January - 22 edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason 

1561 The birth of Francis Bacon, English politician and philospher on this day in history. 

1561 On January - 22 francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum) 

1571 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician on this day in history. 

1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly on this day in history. 

1581 On January - 22 joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies 

1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812) on this day in history. 

1588 Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia) on January - 22. 

1592 On this day in history pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher 

1599 On January - 22 cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51 

1640 On this day in history erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 

1649 On January - 22 pascal Collasse, composer 

1655 Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) on January - 22. 

1673 On January - 22 postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated 

1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords on this day in history. 

1690 On this day in history iroquois tribes renew allegiance to the English against the French 

1690 On January - 22 iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French 

1700 Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39 on January - 22. 

1707 Carl Hockh, composer on January - 22. 

1709 Joseph Reipel, composer on January - 22. 

1727 On January - 22 claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer 

1729 G E Lessing, writer on January - 22. 

1733 Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer on this day in history. 

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