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01/01/1661
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Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
Type: Death
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01/01/1672
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Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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01/01/1673
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Regular mail delivery begins between NY and Boston
Type: Event
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01/01/1675
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Don Carlos de Gurrea/Arag˘n becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth
Type: Event
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01/01/1689
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Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York
Type: Event
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01/01/1697
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Johann Pfeiffer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1700
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Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
Type: Event
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01/01/1700
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Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
Type: Event
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01/01/1701
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Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom
Type: Event
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01/01/1701
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Pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/01/1707
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Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
Type: Event
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01/01/1709
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Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder
Type: Birth
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01/01/1714
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Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1716
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William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
Type: Death
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01/01/1723
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Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1729
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Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy and Inquiry) [NS=Jan 12]
Type: Birth
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01/01/1730
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Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82
Type: Death
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01/01/1734
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John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples
Type: Birth
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01/01/1735
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Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1739
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J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
Type: Event
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01/01/1745
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"Mad" Anthony Wayne, general
Type: Birth
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01/01/1748
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Giovanni Furno, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1752
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Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker
Type: Birth
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01/01/1753
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Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/01/1758
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Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26
Type: Death
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01/01/1764
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John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1766
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Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
Type: Death
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01/01/1766
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James III Edward, Old Pretender/king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies at 77
Type: Death
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01/01/1768
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Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/01/1770
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Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
Type: Event
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01/01/1772
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1st traveller's checks issued (London)
Type: Event
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01/01/1776
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Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
Type: Event
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01/01/1777
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Micah Hawkins, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1777
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Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58
Type: Death
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01/01/1780
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Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
Type: Death
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01/01/1782
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Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46
Type: Death
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01/01/1783
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Jacobus Ensched‚, Haarlems printer, dies at 39
Type: Death
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01/01/1784
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William Beale, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1784
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Patrice F earl de N‚ny, South Neth Secret Council chairman, dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/01/1785
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"Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
Type: Event
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01/01/1787
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Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44
Type: Death
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01/01/1788
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London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
Type: Event
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01/01/1788
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Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
Type: Event
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01/01/1789
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Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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01/01/1792
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Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer/poet (Sínner af Norge)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1793
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Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80
Type: Death
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01/01/1797
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Albany replaces NYC as capital of NY
Type: Event
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01/01/1798
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Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
Type: Event
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01/01/1800
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Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
Type: Event
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01/01/1800
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Sydney Nelson, composer
Type: Birth
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