Historical Events Jan 4 -6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz) Famous Birthdays Jan 18 Isabella Jagiełło, Queen consort and regent of Hungary, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1559) Famous Deaths Jan 12 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459) Jan 21 Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) 1518 History by Year 1520