396 Historic Events for January 12
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| 689 |
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Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies
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| 1049 |
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Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81
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| 1167 |
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Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56
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| 1390 |
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Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
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| 1483 |
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Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
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| 1492 |
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Andreas Alicatus, Italian author
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| 1493 |
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Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
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| 1517 |
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Vasco N£¤ez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41
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| 1519 |
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Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies
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| 1537 |
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Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies
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| 1552 |
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Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
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| 1562 |
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Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy
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| 1576 |
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Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian
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| 1580 |
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Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)
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| 1583 |
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Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
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| 1588 |
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Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter
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| 1588 |
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John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)
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| 1598 |
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Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
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| 1599 |
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Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter
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| 1638 |
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Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
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| 1665 |
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Pierre de Fermat, Fr lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63
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| 1665 |
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Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
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| 1674 |
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Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68
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| 1674 |
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Reinhard Keiser, composer
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| 1684 |
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French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
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