This Day in History
Today: January 7, 2026
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The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna.[1]
1325
Afonso IV becomes King of Portugal.[2]
1558
French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.[3]
1608
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.[4]
1610
Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night.[5]
1708
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1708
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1738
A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.[8]
1782
The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.[9]
1785
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.[10]
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