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01/15/0069
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Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70
Type: Death
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01/15/0708
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Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later)
Type: Event
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01/15/0946
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Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded/ousted
Type: Event
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01/15/1208
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Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered
Type: Death
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01/15/1346
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Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand
Type: Event
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01/15/1432
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Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1507
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Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1535
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Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church
Type: Event
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01/15/1552
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France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
Type: Event
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01/15/1562
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3rd sitting of Council of Trente opens
Type: Event
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01/15/1567
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Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1582
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Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic
Type: Event
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01/15/1586
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Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army
Type: Event
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01/15/1684
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Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48
Type: Death
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01/15/1705
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Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies
Type: Death
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01/15/1715
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Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist
Type: Birth
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01/15/1716
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Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1730
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John Malchair, composer
Type: Birth
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01/15/1733
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Joseph Lederer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/15/1742
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Eugene Godecharle, composer
Type: Birth
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01/15/1744
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Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/15/1752
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Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism
Type: Event
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01/15/1754
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Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam
Type: Event
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01/15/1755
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Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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01/15/1759
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British Museum opens in Montague House, London
Type: Event
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01/15/1762
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Fraunces Tavern opens in NYC
Type: Event
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01/15/1765
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Carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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01/15/1775
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies
Type: Death
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01/15/1777
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People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England
Type: Event
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01/15/1779
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Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
Type: Birth
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01/15/1780
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Continental Congress establishes court of appeals
Type: Event
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01/15/1785
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Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres
Type: Event
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01/15/1788
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Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
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01/15/1791
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Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1793
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Ferdinand G Waldmller, Austrian painter
Type: Birth
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01/15/1795
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Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
Type: Birth
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01/15/1797
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1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
Type: Event
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01/15/1798
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Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1809
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Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1809
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Cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1812
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Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
Type: Birth
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01/15/1812
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Johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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01/15/1813
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James Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1814
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Ludwig Schl„fli, Swiss vicar/mathematician
Type: Birth
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01/15/1815
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Henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
Type: Birth
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01/15/1816
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Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88
Type: Death
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01/15/1817
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Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
Type: Birth
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01/15/1821
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Lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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01/15/1826
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Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)
Type: Birth
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01/15/1831
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1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run
Type: Event
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