On January 1, history records 109 notable events, 340 famous births and 107 deaths, spanning the years 193 to 1527.
Events on this day include: The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. (193); Telemachus, a Christian monk, is killed for attempting to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome. (404).
Notable people born on January 1 include Arcadius (377), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449).
Notable figures who died on this day include Lucius Aelius (138), Saint Telemachus (404), Former Deposed Emperor of Liu Song (466).
Events on 1 January 109
See all →The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
Telemachus, a Christian monk, is killed for attempting to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.
Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese.
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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Deaths on 1 January 107
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