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98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. [1]814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. [1]1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
This portrait of Lord Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), by the English artist Richard Westall, is an oil-on-canvas work painted in 1813. Byron was an English poet, peer , and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence .
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year.
1937 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
January 22, 1922: Benedict XV, Roman Catholic Pope since 1914, dies at the age of 67 January 28, 1922: Collapse of the Knickerbocker movie theater in Washington kills 96 people January 14, 1922: Michael Collins becomes the first Chairman of the Irish Free State in Dublin January 3, 1922: New "Peace Dollar" put into circulation in the U.S.
