692 Historic Events for January 1
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| 1504 |
Birth |
Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer
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| 1515 |
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Fran‡ois, Duke of Angoulˆme succeeds Louis XII as Fran‡ois I of France
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| 1515 |
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Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
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| 1515 |
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Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52
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| 1517 |
Death |
Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
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| 1520 |
Birth |
Franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], lawyer
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| 1557 |
Death |
Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
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| 1559 |
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Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
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| 1560 |
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Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
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| 1573 |
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Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
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| 1583 |
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1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders
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| 1610 |
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German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
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| 1617 |
Death |
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies
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| 1618 |
Birth |
Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]
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| 1622 |
Birth |
Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist
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| 1622 |
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Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
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| 1626 |
Death |
Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
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| 1628 |
Birth |
Christoph Bernhard, German composer
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| 1630 |
Death |
Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies
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| 1638 |
Birth |
Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright
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| 1651 |
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Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
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| 1652 |
Birth |
Johann Krieger, composer
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| 1660 |
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Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York
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| 1660 |
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1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
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| 1660 |
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General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
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