Editing January 28 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 98|98]] &ndash; On the death of [[Nerva]], [[Trajan]] is declared Roman emperor in [[Cologne]], the seat of his government in lower Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=222|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[814]] &ndash; The death of [[Charlemagne]], the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]], brings about the accession of his son [[Louis the Pious]] as ruler of the [[Carolingian Empire|Frankish Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John J.|last=Butt|title=Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQlJP9O9hKkC&pg=PR13|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31668-5|pages=13}}</ref>
*[[1069]] &ndash; [[Robert de Comines]], appointed [[Earl of Northumbria]] by [[William the Conqueror]], rides into [[Durham, England]], where he is defeated and killed by rebels.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stenton|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Stenton|title=Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|year= 1971|isbn=0-19-821716-1|page=602}}</ref> This incident leads to the [[Harrying of the North]].
*[[1077]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Konieczny |first=Peter |date=4 August 2017 |title=The Walk to Canossa: The Tale of an Emperor and a Pope |url=http://www.medievalists.net/2017/08/walk-canossa-tale-emperor-pope/ |access-date=28 January 2018 |work=Medievalists.net}}</ref>
*[[1393]] &ndash; [[Charles VI of France|King Charles VI of France]] was nearly killed when [[Bal des Ardents|several other dancers' costumes caught fire]] during a [[masquerade ball]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Craig|title=A Virtuous Knight: Defending Marshal Boucicaut (Jean II Le Meingre, 1366-1421)|location=Suffolk, UK|publisher=York Medieval Press|date=2019|isbn=9781903153918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAo7EAAAQBAJ|page=20}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Diet of Worms]] begins, lasting until [[May 25]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Johann Heinrich|last=Kurtz|author-link=Johann Heinrich Kurtz|title=Text Book of Church History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2yo_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA39|year=1875|publisher=Smith, English & Company|pages=39}}</ref>
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], the nine-year-old son of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], becomes King of England on his father's death.
*[[1568]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Torda]] prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in [[John Sigismund Zápolya]]'s [[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]].
*[[1573]] &ndash; Articles of the [[Warsaw Confederation]] are signed, sanctioning [[freedom of religion]] in Poland.
*[[1591]] &ndash; Execution of [[Agnes Sampson]], accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite book |title=Calendar State Papers Scotland |volume=10 |location=Edinburgh |year=1936 |page=464}}</ref>