A Daily Dose of History (28 Jan 2025)

Today's historical events:

• On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
• The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
• Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
• Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.
• The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
• Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
• The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
• Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
• Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.
• Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
• Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
• The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
• Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.

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