On this day: 25/01/41

After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.

On this day: 25/01/750

In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.

On this day: 25/01/1348

A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.

On this day: 25/01/1494

Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.

On this day: 25/01/1515

Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.

On this day: 25/01/1533

Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.

On this day: 25/01/1554

São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.

On this day: 25/01/1573

Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.

On this day: 25/01/1575

Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.

On this day: 25/01/1585

Walter Raleigh is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".