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Events on 28 January 48

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Year 661

The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.

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Year 814

Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious as king of the Frankish Empire.

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Year 946

Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Year 1069

Robert de Comines, the Earl of Northumbria, is killed while attempting to subdue rebels in Durham, England. This leads to the Harrying of the North by William the Conqueror.

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Year 1077

Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.

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Year 1393

King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball.

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Year 1521

The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.

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Year 1547

Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI, becomes king.

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Year 1573

Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.

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Year 1624

Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.

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Birthdays on 28 January 175

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Prince Toneri

b. 676 – d. 735

Toneri, Japanese prince (d. 735)

Joan II of Navarre

b. 1312 – d. 1349

Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (b. 1311)

Guy XIV de Laval

b. 1406 – d. 1486

Guy XIV de Laval, French noble (d. 1486)

Henry VII of England

b. 1457 – d. 1509

Henry VII of England (b. 1457)

Paul Luther

b. 1533 – d. 1593

Paul Luther, German scientist (d. 1593)

Ludolph van Ceulen

b. 1540 – d. 1610

Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)

John Barclay (poet)

b. 1582 – d. 1621

John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)

Pope Clement IX

b. 1600 – d. 1669

Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

b. 1608 – d. 1679

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)

Johannes Hevelius

b. 1611 – d. 1687

Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)

Adrien Auzout

b. 1622 – d. 1691

Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)

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Gregor Werner

b. 1693 – d. 1766

Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)

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Deaths on 28 January 99

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Guntram

d. 592 (b. 532)

Guntram, French king (b. 532)

Charlemagne

d. 814 (b. 742)

Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)

Zhou Dewei

d. 919

Zhou Dewei, Chinese general

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Gao Jixing

d. 929 (b. 858)

Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)

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Jing Yanguang

d. 947 (b. 892)

Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)

Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia

d. 1061 (b. 1031)

Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)

William II of Holland

d. 1256 (b. 1227)

William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (b. 1227)

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France

d. 1271 (b. 1247)

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)

Dervorguilla of Galloway

d. 1290

Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210)

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Robert le Maçon

d. 1443 (b. 1365)

Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)

Henry VIII of England

d. 1547 (b. 1491)

Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)

Thomas Bodley

d. 1613 (b. 1545)

Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)

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