363 Historic Events for December 2
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| 537 |
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Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies
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| 1463 |
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Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies
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| 1515 |
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Gonzalo de C¢rdoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
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| 1578 |
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Agostino Agazzari, composer
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| 1592 |
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Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46
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| 1620 |
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English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
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| 1678 |
Birth |
Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)
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| 1682 |
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English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam
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| 1697 |
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St Paul's Cathedral opens in London
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| 1719 |
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Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
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| 1723 |
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Philip, French duke of Orl‚ans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
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| 1728 |
Birth |
Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat
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| 1760 |
Birth |
Joseph Graetz, composer
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| 1763 |
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Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
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| 1763 |
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Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56
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| 1774 |
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Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
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| 1777 |
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British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
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| 1777 |
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Henry Doeff, colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
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| 1790 |
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Austrian army occupies Brussels
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| 1802 |
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Melancthon Smith Wade, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
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| 1802 |
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English sell Suriname to Dutch
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| 1804 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
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| 1805 |
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Napoleon defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz
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| 1812 |
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James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
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| 1813 |
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Jacob Rosenhaim, composer
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