This Day in History
Today: January 27, 2026
98
Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor;[1] under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
945
The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.[2]
1186
Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
1302
Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence.[3]
1343
Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
1606
Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.[4]
1695
Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
1759
Spanish forces clash with indigenous Huilliches of southern Chile in the battle of Río Bueno.[5]
1776
American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1785
The University of Georgia is founded, the first state-chartered public university in the United States.
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