This Day in Medieval History

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Events that took place in the month of January

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1171 Henry II told of the murder of Becket 1346 Edward III orders an invasion fleet 1511 Birth of Henry's first son 1515 Death of Louis XII	1200 Annular Eclipse of the moon 1494 Columbus creates a new settlement	1437 Catherine of France dies	1066 Edward the Confessor dies 1236 Henry marries 1642 Charles attempts arrests		1066 Harold II Godwinson is crowned King of England 1169 Becket submits to Henry 1540 Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves	1355 Birth of Thomas of Woodstock
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1107 Alexander I becomes king of the Scots	1414 Lollards arrested			1554 Queen Mary receives marriage embassy		1382 Richard marries 1559 Coronation pageants
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1478 Marriage of Richard, duke of York 1559 Coronation of Elizabeth	1556 Philip of Spain becomes King		1486 Henry VII married Elizabeth	1344 First Round Table at Windsor 1646 Fairfax captures Dartmouth Castle	1265 Ordinary people's Parliament
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	1264 The Mise of Amiens	1328 Edward III marries	1308 Edward marries 1340 Edward declares himself King 1533 Marriage to Anne Boleyn	1554 Elizabeth summonsed to court		814 Charlemagne dies 1457 Henry (VII) is born 1547 Death of Henry VIII 1647 Charles handed over to Parliament
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1536 Anne Boleyn loses a son	1164 Constitutions of Clarendon 1164 William of Paitin dies

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Other events occurring in January

878 The Danes take the advantage	1045 Edward marries	1106 Venice hit by a series of disasters
1114 Matilda marries an Emperor	1127 Barons swear allegiance to Matilda	1128 Council of Troyes takes place
1136 A fire at St. Paul's	1138 The Scots invade Northumbria	1153 Henry invades England
1154 Meeting at Oxford	1163 Henry II returns to England	1205 River Thames freezes
1215 John meets the Barons in London	1216 King John attacks Berwick	1238 Simon marries Henry's sister
1276 Innocent V was Pope between January and July	1295 Edward besieged at Conway	1297 Marriage proposal
1311 Katla Volcano Eruption	1322 The Despensers return	1327 Edward III takes the throne
1342 Truce agreed with David II	1343 Treaty of Malstroit	1356 Edward Balliol gives up Scottish throne
1362 Hurricane damages spire at Norwich	1400 A plot to kill the new King	1412 Joan of Arc born
1431 The trial of Joan of Arc	1437 London bridge collapse	1450 The Duke of Suffolk is sent to the Tower
1450 Murder at Portsmouth	1471 Support for Edward IV	1493 The first Spanish New World settlement
1503 Columbus founds a colony	1504 Mutiny in Jamaica	1534 Mary moved to Hatfield
1536 Death of Catherine of Aragon	1540 Abbey at Gloucester surrenders	1585 Parry Plot