On This Day in History for January 20
Events in History
- 250 St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
- 1045 Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
- 1156 According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland
- 1265 First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall
- 1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes King of Poland
- 1356 Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scots
- 1502 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored
- 1503 Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) established by the Crown of Castile in the port of Seville to deal with American affairs
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George VWeddings in History
- 1382 King Richard II of England marries Anne of Bohemia and daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor at Westminster Abbey. Anne dies of plague in 1394.
- 1800 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries French military leader Joachim Murat, future King of Naples
- 2023 Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries his longtime love Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday [1]
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January in History
War Victim Goes to Bottom of the Pile
One of the first to die in World War I fell not in the trenches of France but in a leafy lane in rural England. So should he be ranked alongside battle heroes?
January 19, 1915
‘My Name is Jimmy Carter and I’m Running for President’
Jimmy Carter is a one-term President but a man who worked tirelessly through a long life to help others and to end conflicts. He won the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 20, 1977
Wannsee Conference
Adolf Eichmann's infamous list with estimates of the number of Jews in European countries as presented at the Wannsee Conference
January 20, 1942
The Pain Behind Cleopatra's Needle
First-time visitors to London could be surprised when they see an Egyptian obelisk standing beside the River Thames. It was welcomed to the city on this day.
January 21, 1878