January 15
69 Emperor Galba was murdered in the streets of Rome. Otho (Marcus Salvius Otho
Caesar Augustus) seized power and proclaimed himself Emperor of Rome, but ruled
for only three months before he committed suicide.
1535 Henry VIII declared
himself head of English Church.
1559 Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England
in Westminster Abbey, London by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle.
1759
British Museum opened in Montague House, London
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