This day in History - January 6

432 Historic Events for January 6
1066 Event King Harald of England crowned
1088 Death Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies
1099 Event Henry V crowned German king
1227 Event Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1275 Death Raymundus of Pe¤afort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
1352 Event French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1367 Birth Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)
1374 Death Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
1412 Birth Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr
1425 Death Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
1448 Death Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1453 Event Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
1486 Birth Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor
1488 Birth Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)
1496 Event Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
1497 Event Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
1535 Event City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1536 Death Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
1540 Event King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1541 Death Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
1579 Event Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras
1585 Birth Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
1587 Birth Gaspar de Guzm n, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43)
1592 Death Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies
1602 Birth Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader