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What happened on January 24

On January 24, 41: Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.

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Featured moment · 41

Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.

AD 41 (XLI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of C. Caesar Augustus Germanicus and Cn.

People

Born on January 24

Princess Athena of Denmark 2012– Member of the Danish royal family (born 2012)
Johnny Orlando 2003– Canadian pop singer (born 2003)
Vitalie Damașcan 1999– Moldovan footballer
Niki 1999– Indonesian singer-songwriter based in the United States (born 1999)
Tristan Wirfs 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Zhan Beleniuk 1991– Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler (born 1991)
Tatiana Kashirina 1991– Russian weightlifter (born 1991)
Zack Kassian 1991– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Mao Abe 1990– Japanese singer-songwriter
Show 9 more — notable births on January 24
Serdar Kesimal 1989– Turkish footballer
Gong Lijiao 1989– Chinese Olympic shot putter
Whit Merrifield 1989– American baseball player (born 1989)
José Quintana 1989– Colombian baseball player (born 1989)
Ki Sung-yueng 1989– South Korean footballer (born 1989)
Selina Jörg 1988– German snowboarder (born 1988)
DaJuan Summers 1988– American basketball player (born 1988)
Brian Cushing 1987– American football player and coach (born 1987)
Luis Suárez 1987– Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)

People

Died on January 24

Iris Cummings American swimmer and aviator (1920–2025)
Rosemary Bryant Mariner Pioneer female US Naval Aviator (1953–2019)
Mark E. Smith English singer (1957–2018)
Helena Kmieć Polish missionary (1991–2017)
Butch Trucks American drummer (1947–2017)
Fredrik Barth Norwegian anthropologist (1928–2016)
Marvin Minsky American cognitive scientist (1927–2016)
Henry Worsley British explorer and British Army officer
Otto Carius German tank commander
Show 9 more — notable deaths on January 24
Shulamit Aloni Israeli politician (1927–2014)
Rafael Pineda Ponce Honduran politician
Bernd Eichinger German film producer, screenwriter, and director (1949– 2011)
Pernell Roberts American actor (1928–2010)
Usha Narayanan 10th First Lady of India (1922 – 2008)
Krystyna Feldman Polish actress (1916–2007)
İsmail Cem İpekçi Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author (1940–2007)
Guadalupe Larriva Ecuadorian politician (1956–2007)
Emiliano Mercado del Toro Puerto Rican supercentenarian (1891–2007)

Timeline

Every January 24 on record

  1. 41 Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.

    Calendar year

    AD 41 (XLI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of C. Caesar Augustus Germanicus and Cn.

  2. 914 Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.

    10th-century invasion of Egypt

    The first Fatimid invasion of Egypt occurred in 914–915, soon after the establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya in 909. The Fatimids launched an expedition east, against the Abbasid Caliphate, under the Berber General Habasa ibn Yusuf. Habasa succeeded in subduing the cities on the Cyrenaican coast between Ifriqiya and Egypt, and captured Alexandria.

  3. 1438 The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.

    Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church (1431–1449)

    The Council of Florence was the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1445. It was convened in territories under the Holy Roman Empire. Italy became a venue of a Catholic ecumenical council after a gap of about two centuries.

  4. 1458 Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.

    King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490

    Matthias Corvinus was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490, as Matthias I. He is often given the epithet "the Just". After conducting several military campaigns, he was elected King of Bohemia in 1469 and adopted the title Duke of Austria in 1487.

  5. 1536 King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.

    King of England from 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. After the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed legislation that severed England and Ireland from the Roman Catholic Church and established the monarch as Supreme Head of the Church of England, initiating the English Reformation. He subsequently married five more times; two marriages were annulled, and two wives were executed.

  6. 1651 Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.
  7. 1679 King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
  8. 1742 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  9. 1758 During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
  10. 1817 Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
  11. 1835 Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
  12. 1848 California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
  13. 1857 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
  14. 1859 The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
  15. 1900 Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
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  1. 1908 The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  2. 1915 World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  3. 1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  4. 1918 The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
  5. 1933 The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  6. 1935 Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.
  7. 1939 The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
  8. 1942 World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  9. 1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
  10. 1946 The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
  11. 1960 Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
  12. 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
  13. 1966 Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.
  14. 1968 Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
  15. 1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

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