Historical Events In January - 01
Thursday, 01 January 2026
0001 On this day in history origin of Christian Era 

0069 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising on January - 01. 

0089 On this day in history gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome 

0165 On this day in history antonine Plague in Roman Empire killing 5-10 million people 

0250 Plague of Cyprian in Europe killing 1 million+ (Unknown, but at least) people on January - 01. 

0313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction on this day in history. 

0379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia) on January - 01. 

0379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01. 

0404 Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01. 

0404 On this day in history last gladiator competition in Rome 

0412 On January - 01 (BC) epidemic in Greece (Northern Greece, Roman Republic) 

0414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia on January - 01. 

0429 (BC) Plague of Athens in Greece, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia killing 75,000-100,000 people on January - 01. 

0541 Plague of Justinian in Europe and West Asia killing 25-100 million; 40-50% of population of Europe people on January - 01. 

0630 The Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly on January - 01. 

0664 Plague of 664 in British Isles on January - 01. 

0722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord on this day in history. 

0735 On January - 01 japanese smallpox epidemic in Japan killing 2 million (Approx. ?1/3 of entire Japanese population) people 

0746 On this day in history plague of 746-747 in Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Africa 

0898 On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 

0898 The Carolingian king Odo of the West Franks dies on January - 01. 

0962 On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies 

0990 On January - 01 russia adopts Julian calendar 

1200 On this day in history (BC) Influenza Epidemic in Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia 

1204 On January - 01 king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) 

1259 On January - 01 michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. 

1387 On January - 01 charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) 

1387 On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies 

1430 On January - 01 jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services 

1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) on January - 01. 

1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary on this day in history. 

1449 On this day in history lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence 

1467 On this day in history sigismund I, the old, king of Poland 

1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer on January - 01. 

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