History Trivia - Joan of Arc handed over to the British

January 3

1431 Joan of Arc was handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Legal proceedings began on 9 January 1431 at Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government where Joan was found guilty of heresy, and was burned at the stake on May 30. 

History Trivia - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.

January 3

1098 Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester, died. 

 1431 Joan of Arc was handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Legal proceedings began on 9 January 1431 at Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government where Joan was found guilty of heresy, and was burned at the stake on May 30.

1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine.

1521  Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther, German theologian and Protestant reformer for heresy, in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

History Trivia - Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, ie mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund,

January 19

 379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire.

973 Pope Benedictus VI elected

1419 The French city of Rouen surrendered to Henry V in Hundred Years War.

1520 Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund, an important conflict in the campaign of Christian II to gain power over Sweden.

1523 Ulrich Zwingli, founder of the reformation in Switzerland, published his 67 Articles, the first manifesto of the Zurich Reformation which attacks the authority of the Pope.

1783 William Pitt became the youngest Prime Minister of England at age 24.