History events from January 22

January 22, 613 — Byzantine emperor Heraclius names his son Constantine III co-emperor at the age of nine months (May 3, 612 — April 20 or May 24 / May 26, 641). In 629 Constantine married his second-degree cousin, Gregory, with whom he had two children: Constans and Theodosius. In 641, at the death of Heraclius, he became emperor with his younger brother Herakonas, but after four months he died of tuberculosis, leaving Heraklonas sole king.

January 22, 1263 — Ibn Taymiyya Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) is born, a Turkish scholar, Islamic theologian and Turkish logician who lived…