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January 14, 1129 The Council of Troyes was convened by Pope Honorius II; among other things, it recognized and confirmed the Order of the Knights Templar under papal authority. 1301 Andrew III of Hungary died, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary. 1343Arnost of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague. 1514 Pope Leo X issued a papal bull against slavery.

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January 13, 888 Odo, Count of Paris became King of the Franks. 1328 Edward III of England married Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault. 1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was sentenced to death. 1605 The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston was performed, landing two of the authors in prison. 1607 The Bank of Genoa failed after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. 1610 Galileo Galilei discovered Ganymede (moon of Jupiter).

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January 12 - On some calendars, it was on this day that Jesus returned from Egypt when He was a child. In 475 Basiliscus became Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. 1528 Gustav I of Sweden was crowned king of Sweden. 1539 the Treaty of Toledo was signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V whereby both parties agreed to make no further alliances with England. The treaty came after Henry VIII of England split with Rome and Pope Paul III.

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January 11 1055 Theodora was crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. 1158 Vladislav II became King of Bohemia. 1569 First recorded lottery in England. 1571 the Austrian nobility were granted freedom of religion. 1693 Mt. Etna erupted in Sicily, Italy. The powerful earthquake destroyed parts of Sicily and Malta.

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January 10, 49 BC Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon without disbanding his army, which signaled the start of civil war in Rome. 69 Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus was appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor. 236 Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome. 1072 Robert Guiscard conquered Palermo. 1475 Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. 1645 Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.

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January 9, 475 Byzantine Emperor Zeno was forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. 1349 The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, were rounded up and incinerated. 1431 Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc began in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government

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January 8, 871 King Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred (the Great) defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown. 1081 Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor was born. The last of the Salic or Frankish family of rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry was crowned in 1111. During his reign he was constantly at odds with the papacy and was excommunicated no less than four times. He also made war on Bohemia, Flanders, Hungary and Poland. 1297 Monaco gained its independence. 1499 Louis XII of France married Anne of Brittany.