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For the first time, Roman consuls begin their
year in office on January 1.The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil
calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing
January 1 as the new date of the new year.The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius
Caesar.The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to
succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial
fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to
death by the crowd. This act impresses the
Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a
historic ban on gladiatorial fights.Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into
marriage to Constantius, his famous general
(magister militum) (probable).Emperor Taizong of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty
captures Daliang, ending the dynasty and
empire of the Later Jin.Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the
first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II
(probable).1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.[9]1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.[10]1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.[11]1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese.[12]1515 – Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII.[13]1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin.[14]1600 – Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.[15]1604 – The Masque of Indian and China Knights is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court.[16]1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace.[17]1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.[18]1707 – John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.[19]1739 – Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island, is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which could
be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the
London Credit Exchange Company.1773 – The hymn that became known as
"Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–
17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used
to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in
the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is
burned by combined Royal Navy and
Continental Army action.General George Washington hoists the first
United States flag, the Grand Union Flag, at
Prospect Hill.American Revolutionary War: 1500 soldiers of
the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General
Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the
Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown,
New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of
1781.The first edition of The Times of London,
previously The Daily Universal Register, is
published.The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain
and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is
proclaimed.Ceres, the largest and first known object in the
Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first
black-majority republic and second independent
country in North America after the United
States.
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