This Day in History
Today: January 15, 2026
69
Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome,[1] beginning a reign of only three months.
1541
King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".[2]
1559
Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.[3]
1582
Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[4]
1759
The British Museum opens to the public.[5]
1777
American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.[6]
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