On this day: 24/01/41

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

On this day: 24/01/914

Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.

On this day: 24/01/1438

The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.

On this day: 24/01/1458

Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.

On this day: 24/01/1536

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.

On this day: 24/01/1651

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.

On this day: 24/01/1679

King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.

On this day: 24/01/1742

Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

On this day: 24/01/1758

During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).

On this day: 24/01/1817

Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.