Did_You_Know on Nostr: On this day: 28/01/98 On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in ...
On this day: 28/01/98
On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
On this day: 28/01/814
The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
On this day: 28/01/1069
Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
On this day: 28/01/1077
Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.
On this day: 28/01/1521
The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
On this day: 28/01/1547
Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
On this day: 28/01/1568
The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
On this day: 28/01/1573
Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
On this day: 28/01/1591
Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.
On this day: 28/01/1624
Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
On this day: 28/01/814
The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
On this day: 28/01/1069
Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
On this day: 28/01/1077
Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.
On this day: 28/01/1521
The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
On this day: 28/01/1547
Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
On this day: 28/01/1568
The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
On this day: 28/01/1573
Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
On this day: 28/01/1591
Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.
On this day: 28/01/1624
Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.