This Day in History
Today: January 3, 2026
69
The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.[1]
250
Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.[2]
1521
Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.[3]
1653
By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.[4]
1749
Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.[5]
1749
The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.[6]
1777
American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.[7]
1815
Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.[8]
1833
Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.[9]
1848
Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.[10]
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