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01/12/0689
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Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies
Type: Death
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01/12/1049
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Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/12/1167
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Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56
Type: Death
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01/12/1390
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Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/12/1483
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Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
Type: Birth
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01/12/1492
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Andreas Alicatus, Italian author
Type: Birth
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01/12/1493
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Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
Type: Event
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01/12/1517
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Vasco N£¤ez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41
Type: Death
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01/12/1519
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Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies
Type: Death
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01/12/1537
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Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies
Type: Death
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01/12/1552
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Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
Type: Event
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01/12/1562
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Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy
Type: Birth
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01/12/1576
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Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian
Type: Birth
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01/12/1580
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Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1583
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Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
Type: Event
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01/12/1588
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John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1588
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Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter
Type: Birth
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01/12/1598
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Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
Type: Event
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01/12/1599
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Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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01/12/1638
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Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1665
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Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
Type: Birth
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01/12/1665
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Pierre de Fermat, Fr lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63
Type: Death
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01/12/1674
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Reinhard Keiser, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1674
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Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/12/1684
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French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
Type: Event
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01/12/1701
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Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar
Type: Event
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01/12/1701
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Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar
Type: Event
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01/12/1711
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Gaetano Latilla, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1715
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Jacques Duphly, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1723
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Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
Type: Event
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01/12/1729
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Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy and Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]
Type: Birth
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01/12/1729
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Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist
Type: Birth
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01/12/1730
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Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1737
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Brizio Petrucci, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1737
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John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1746
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS]
Type: Birth
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01/12/1749
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Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat
Type: Birth
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01/12/1751
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Ferdinand I, king of Sicily and Naples
Type: Birth
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01/12/1751
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Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1755
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Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
Type: Event
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01/12/1759
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Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49
Type: Death
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01/12/1765
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Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/12/1773
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1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC)
Type: Event
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01/12/1777
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Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif
Type: Event
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01/12/1780
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Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist
Type: Birth
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01/12/1783
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Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1792
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Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
Type: Birth
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01/12/1804
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Hippolyte Monpou, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1806
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French evacuate Vienna
Type: Event
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01/12/1807
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Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Neth, 150 die
Type: Event
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