This Day in History
Today: January 1, 2026
-153
For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.[1]
-45
The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.[2]
-42
The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.[3]
193
The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.[4]
404
Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights.[5]
417
Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum) (probable).[6]
947
Emperor Tai Zong of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty captures Daliang, ending the dynasty and empire of the Later Jin.[7]
1001
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable).[8]
1068
Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.[9]
1259
Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.[10]
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