


#TodayInHistory – January 18
January 18 – Some important events on this day 350 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Constans is deposed by General Magnentius who proclaims himself the new Emperor 532 👉🏼 Nika uprising against […]

January 17: Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Great, or The Father of Monks
According to traditions, Saint Anthony the Abbot, celebrated on this day, is Patron Saint of Amputees, animals, basket makers, brush makers, butchers, cemetery workers, domestic animals, epileptics, gravediggers, hermits, skin […]

#TodayInHistory – January 17
January 17 – Some important events on this day 1584 👉🏼 Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar 1773 👉🏼 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33′ S) 1820 […]

#TodayInHistory – January 16
January 16 – Some important events on this day 27 BC 👉🏼 The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate 1412 👉🏼 The Medici […]

#TodayInHistory – January 15
January 15 – Some important events on this day 588 BC 👉🏼 Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 […]

#TodayInHistory – January 14
January 14 – Some important events on this day 1129 👉🏼 Formal approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes 1301 👉🏼 Andrew III of Hungary (1290-1301) […]

#TodayInHistory – January 13
January 13 – Some important events on this day 532 👉🏼 Nika riots begin in Constantinople, revolt against Emperor Justinian I, prompted by chariot racing 1099 👉🏼 Crusaders set fire […]

#TodayInHistory – January 12
January 12 – Some important events on this day 475 👉🏼 Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. 1493 👉🏼 Last day for […]

#TodayInHistory – January 11
January 11 – Some important events on this day 1569 👉🏼 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul’s Cathedral 1599 👉🏼 Jacob van Neck’s fleet leaves Bantam, […]

#TodayInHistory – January 10
January 10 – Some important events on this day 49 BC 👉🏼 Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, uttering “alea iacta est” (the die is cast), […]

#TodayInHistory – January 9
January 9 – Some important events on this day 1431 👉🏼 Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation […]

That day when New York forbade lovers
New York, the Big Apple, is known as one of the fun capitals of the world where almost anything goes. It’s a good job, then, that the city authorities turn […]

#TodayInHistory – January 8
January 8 – Some important events on this day 871 👉🏼 Battle of Ashdown: Ethelred I of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great beat invading Danish army 1297 👉🏼 […]

#TodayInHistory – January 7
January 7 – Some important events on this day 1584 👉🏼 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia & Holy Roman empire 1610 👉🏼 Galileo Galilei discovers the first […]

#TodayInHistory – January 6
January 6 – Some important events on this day 1494 👉🏼 The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola 1497 👉🏼 Jews are expelled from […]

#TodayInHistory – January 5
January 5 – Some important events on this day 1463 👉🏼 French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris 1477 👉🏼 Battle of Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7,000 + killed including […]

#TodayInHistory – January 4
January 4 – Some important events on this day 1490 👉🏼 Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty […]

#TodayInHistory – January 3
January 3 – Some important events on this day 1496 👉🏼 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine 1521 👉🏼 Martin Luther is Excommunicated by Pope Leo X from […]

What were (really) the worst years in history?
2020 is now over, and many have the feeling that it was one of the worst years in history. But are you really sure? We start from Ancient Greece, which […]

#TodayInHistory – January 2
January 2 – Some important events on this day 366 👉🏼 The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire 1492 👉🏼 Muhammad XII, the […]

#TodayInHistory – January 1
January 1 – Some important events on this day 45 BC 👉🏼 The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time 1 👉🏼 Origin of the Christian Era 104 👉🏼 […]

#TodayInHistory – December 31
December 31 – Some important events on this day 192 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Commodus survives poisoning attempt by his mistress only to be strangled in the bath in assassination plot […]

#TodayInHistory – December 30
December 30 – Some important events on this day 1460 👉🏼 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (Northern England), Duke of York killed and his forces soundly defeated by […]

#TodayInHistory – December 29
December 29 – Some important events on this day 1170 👉🏼 English Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket assassinated before the high altar of Canterbury Cathedral by four knights 1835 👉🏼 […]

#TodayInHistory – December 28
December 28 – Some important events on this day 1065 👉🏼 Westminster Abbey in London consecrated. One of the most famous and well-known buildings in all of Britain is Westminster […]

#TodayInHistory – December 27
December 27 – Some important events on this day 537 👉🏼 Hagia Sophia inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian I as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral. The Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) is […]

#TodayInHistory – December 26
December 26 – Some important events on this day 795 👉🏼 Leo III is elected to serve as Pope on the day his predecessor was buried and is consecrated the […]

#TodayInHistory – December 25
December 25 – Some important events on this day 1 👉🏼 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus 274 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Aurelian dedicates a temple to Sol Invictus on […]

The day they banned Christmas
Happy and excited, millions children (and not only) across the world will tonight have one eye on the clock as the countdown to Christmas Day and their visit from Santa […]