This day in History - January 1

692 Historic Events for January 1
1 Event Origin of Christian Era
69 Event Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
89 Event Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
313 Event Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
379 Death Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies
379 Birth Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia)
404 Death Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered
404 Event Last gladiator competition in Rome
414 Event King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
722 Event Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
898 Death Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39
962 Death Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies
990 Event Russia adopts Julian calendar
1387 Birth Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)
1387 Death Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies
1430 Event Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
1431 Birth Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)
1438 Event Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
1449 Birth Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence
1467 Birth Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland
1481 Birth Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer
1494 Event Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia
1502 Death Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies
1502 Event Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
1504 Event King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta