January 24
1529 Tatars, a union of Turkish ethnic groups, torture John of Kazan because he refuses to convert to Islam.
1539 Belgium issues a mandate...
January 23
1589 The Moscow Patriarchate was created by Jeremias II, the Patriarch of Constantinople. Peter I (Peter the Great) cancelled this in 1700; the ...
January 22
304: (probable date) Martyrdom of Vincent of Saragossa, Spain's first known martyr.
1522: Martin Luther, the German Reformer, stated in a letter: 'Love cares...
January 20
250: Martyrdom of Fabian, bishop of Rome, during the persecution of Christians by Emperor Decius.
473: Death of Euthymius the Great in the Judean...
January 19
825
Vikings wipe out the monastery on the Isle of Iona. They allow its monks to celebrate mass before slaying them.
1563
The Heidelberg Catechism was...
