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...
26 January 1340 - English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1533 – Thomas Audley appointed as Lord Chancellor 1554 – Mary I summoned her sister Elizabeth to the court 1564 – The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing...
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”...
28 January 1457 – Birth of Henry VII 1495 - Pope Alexander VI gives his son Cesare as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1521 - Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms Germany (until May 25). Produced 'Edit of Worms' dennoucing Martin Luther...
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...
28 December 1510 – Birth of Sir Nicholas Bacon,English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon. 1522 –Birth of Margaret...
27 January 1510 – Death of Sir Thomas Brandon, soldier, courtier and diplomat.He was from a Lancastrian family, the son of William Brandon of Southwark and Elizabeth Wingfield , daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk. He was uncle to...
22 January 1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican. 1510 - Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany 1528 – Henry VIII and Francis I declared war on Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – Execution of Edward Seymour 1554 – Thomas...
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...
2 January 1492 – Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 1514 – Death of William Smyth, English bishop 1536 – Eustace Chapuys visited the dying Catherine of Aragon 1538-Mary Duchess of Richmond to Cromwell....
14 November 1522 –Death of Anne of France,eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife, Charlotte of Savoy 15 November 1498 – Birth of Eleanor of Austria also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile...
25 December 1492 – Carrack Santa María captained by Christopher Columbus runs onto reefs off Haiti due to a proper watch not being kept. Local natives help to save food, armory and ammunition but not the ship. 1549 – Death of Stephen Vaughan, merchant,...
1 February 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1514 – Henry VIII granted the Dukedom of Suffolk to Charles Brandon 1555 – Burial of Jane Dudley, Duchess...
20 January 1410 – Death of Martin of Aragon 1479 – Death of John II of Aragon 1523 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. 1554 – Birth of Sebastian of Portugal 1558 – Opening of Mary I’s fifth Parliament 21 January 1510 –...
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...
23 January 1516 –Death of Ferdinand II of Aragon 1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. 1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579...
26 December 1458 – Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany 1492 - 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas) in New World founded, by Columbus 1526 – Birth of Rose Throckmorton 1620 - Elizabeth Báthory's crimes are uncovered. 27 December...
May your New Year be a New Year that brings luck,love and prosperity, a New Year that brings happiness and joy. Happy New Year! 1st January 1431 – Birth of Pope Alexander VI 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. 1449 – Birth of Lorenzo...
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...
4 January 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté. 1532- Chapuys to Charles V. Dr. Benet, as he was about to leave, sent word to the Queen that he begged...
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...
8 November 1541 – Archbishop Thomas Cranmer returned to Hampton Court Palace to interrogate Katherine Howard 1543 – Birth of Lettice Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey,mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex...
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...
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...
5 January 1367 – Birth of Richard II of England 1387 –Death of Peter IV of Aragon 1412 –Birth of Joan of Arc 1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. 1537 –Death of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence...
