19 January 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1526 –Death of Isabella of Austria 1544 –Birth of Francis II of France 1547 –Execution of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet and...
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18 January 1425 – Death of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician 1486 – Marriage of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York 1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, the capital of Peru. 1562 – Pope Pius IV reopens the Council...
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17 January 1501 - Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna 1504 –Birth of Pope Pius V 1517 – Birth of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and father of Lady Jane Grey. 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route...
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16 January 1409 –Birth of René of Anjou.He was the father of Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort of England 1412 – The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. 1486 – The Bishop of Imola authorised the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth...
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15 January 1432 –Birth of Afonso V of Portugal 1503 – Proxy marriage of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor 1522 – Death of Sir John Heron,he was an English courtier. He was born in Hackney, Middlesex, and came to prominence as Treasurer of the Chamber...
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14 January 1478 – Birth of Henry Algernon Percy, 5th earl of Northumberland 1501 - Martin Luther, age 17, enters the University of Erfurt. 1507 – Birth of Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal 1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. 1515...
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13 January 1528-The divorce Has shown the Pope all that Wolsey wrote to him on Dec. 15, viz., the new contribution to be made by the King, and the preparations for Lautrec's progress; as well as the French king's instructions to Lautrec. The Spaniards...
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11 January 1495 –Death of Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal 1558 - Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1591 – Birth of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician 12 January 1510 – Henry VIII’s first...
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08 January 1499 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany. 1536 - Henry VIII celebrated the news of Catherine of Aragon’s death Eustace Chapuys wrote “the King was clad all over in yellow, from top to toe, except the white feather he had in his bonnet”...
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7 January 1355 – Birth of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England 1502 –Birth of Pope Gregory XIII 1536-Death of Catherine of Aragon.She was Queen of England from 1509 until 1533 as the first wife...
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