Events on 1 January 109
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The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
Year 404
Telemachus, a Christian monk, is killed for attempting to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
Year 417
Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).
Year 1001
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
Year 1068
Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.
Year 1259
Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
Year 1502
The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese.
Year 1527
Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 150
Birthdays on 1 January 340
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