January 17, 38 BC Octavian married Livia Drusilla. 69 AD Otho committed suicide after a night of meditation in his tent. 395 AD the Roman Empire was split into eastern and western parts upon the death of Emperor Theodosius I, whose will provided that his two sons would inherit the two parts. 1287 King Alfonso III of Aragon invaded Minorca. 1377 Pope Gregory XI moved the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. 1562 France recognized the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. 1595 Henry IV of France declared war on Spain. 1605 First publication of Don Quixote.
1648 England's Long Parliament passed the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
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