January 31
36 BC
Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor was born.
314 Silvester I began his reign as Pope of the Catholic
Church, succeeding Pope Miltiades. During his pontificate, the Basilica of St.
John Lateran, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, St. Peter's Basilica, and several
cemeterial churches over the graves of martyrs were founded.
1606 Gunpowder
Plot: Guy Fawkes was executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I
of England. Guy Fawkes and fellow surviving Gunpowder Plotters were hanged,
drawn and quartered at Westminster.
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