This Day in History
Today: January 24, 2026
41
Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.[1]
914
Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.[2]
1438
The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.[3]
1458
Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.[4]
1536
King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.[5][6]
1651
Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.[7][8]
1679
King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
1742
Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1758
During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
1817
Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
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