395 Historic Events for January 14
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| 1690 |
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Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany
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| 1699 |
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Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
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| 1700 |
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Picander, [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der S„uffer)
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| 1705 |
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Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet, governor (Reunion Is)
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| 1717 |
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German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam
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| 1722 |
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Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer
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| 1724 |
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Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
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| 1730 |
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William Whipple, merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer)
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| 1739 |
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England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo
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| 1741 |
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Benedict Arnold, US general turn traitor (Revolutionary War)
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| 1742 |
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Edmund Halley, genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 85
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| 1746 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow [OS=Jan 3]
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| 1751 |
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Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer
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| 1766 |
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Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42
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| 1780 |
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Francois-Joseph Dizi, composer
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| 1783 |
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Congress ratifies peace treaty between US and England
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| 1784 |
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Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris
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| 1785 |
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Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
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| 1791 |
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Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")
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| 1794 |
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Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife
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| 1798 |
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Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer
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| 1798 |
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Johan R Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72)
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| 1799 |
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Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
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| 1799 |
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King of Naples flees before advancing French armies
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| 1800 |
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Ludwig A F Ritter von K”chel, Austrian musicologist (Mozart, Fux)
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