Historical Events In January - 27
Saturday, 31 January 2026
0098 Trajan is recorded as becoming Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. 

0098 Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 

0661 Rashidun Caliphate ended with death of Ali 

0672 St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0672 Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies 

0847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0847 Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies. 

1142 Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei 

1164 Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies 

1186 Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily 

1302 Dante is recorded as becoming a Florentine political exile 

1343 Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus. 

1538 States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy 

1540 Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies. 

1546 Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) 

1556 Willem of Orange is recorded as becoming knight of Guilder Flies. 

1556 Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) 

1565 Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies. 

1592 Pierre de La Barre, composer 

1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno 

1612 Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 

1625 Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49. 

1629 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 

1638 Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist. 

1662 inaugural American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI). 

1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) 

1662 Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist. 

1669 Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87. 

1671 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City. 

1679 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter. 

1695 Mustafa II is recorded as becoming the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703. 

1699 William Temple, statesman, dies 

1701 Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop) 

1710 Czar Peter the Great sets inaugural Russian state budget 

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