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01/16/0308
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Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies
Type: Death
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01/16/0429
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Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]
Type: Death
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01/16/1219
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Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
Type: Event
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01/16/1325
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Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
Type: Event
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01/16/1343
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Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies
Type: Death
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01/16/1493
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Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
Type: Event
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01/16/1531
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English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
Type: Event
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01/16/1547
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Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
Type: Event
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01/16/1556
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Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain
Type: Event
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01/16/1581
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English parliament passes laws against Catholicism
Type: Event
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01/16/1587
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Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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01/16/1595
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Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
Type: Death
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01/16/1672
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Francesco Mancini, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1697
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Richard Savage, poet
Type: Birth
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01/16/1697
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Richard Savage, poet, dies
Type: Death
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01/16/1703
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Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/16/1728
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Niccol• Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1749
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Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1756
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England and Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster
Type: Event
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01/16/1757
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Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1759
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British Museum opens in London
Type: Event
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01/16/1765
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Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)
Type: Event
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01/16/1776
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Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
Type: Event
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01/16/1777
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Vermont declares independence from NY
Type: Event
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01/16/1780
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Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet
Type: Event
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01/16/1794
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Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56
Type: Death
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01/16/1795
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French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth
Type: Event
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01/16/1804
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Karl August Krebs, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1807
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Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
Type: Birth
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01/16/1815
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Adolph Trube, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1815
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Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, Maj-General (Union Army)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1817
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Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/16/1819
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Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies
Type: Event
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01/16/1832
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Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde
Type: Event
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01/16/1834
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Albert Lindley Lee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
Type: Birth
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01/16/1837
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James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
Type: Birth
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01/16/1838
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Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]
Type: Death
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01/16/1842
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Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
Type: Death
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01/16/1847
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K lm n Miksz th, Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1849
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Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69
Type: Death
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01/16/1853
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Andr‚ Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1853
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Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor/theater director (Kathleen)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1863
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-Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida
Type: Event
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01/16/1864
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Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
Type: Event
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01/16/1864
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Frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1864
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Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/16/1865
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Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary
Type: Event
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01/16/1865
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Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die
Type: Event
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01/16/1865
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Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
Type: Event
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01/16/1865
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SF Dramatic Chronicle started
Type: Event
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