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01/18/0336
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St Mark elected Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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01/18/0350
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General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans
Type: Event
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01/18/0532
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Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
Type: Event
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01/18/1307
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German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia
Type: Event
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01/18/1367
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Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
Type: Death
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01/18/1478
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Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
Type: Event
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01/18/1479
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Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61
Type: Death
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01/18/1486
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King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
Type: Event
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01/18/1520
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Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
Type: Event
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01/18/1535
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Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru
Type: Event
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01/18/1543
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Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1580
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Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
Type: Death
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01/18/1641
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Fran‡ois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1644
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1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston
Type: Event
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01/18/1644
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Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting
Type: Event
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01/18/1650
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French Prince Louis II of Cond‚ captured
Type: Event
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01/18/1657
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Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1659
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Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/18/1664
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Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies
Type: Death
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01/18/1666
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Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56
Type: Death
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01/18/1671
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Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panam
Type: Event
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01/18/1677
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John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57
Type: Death
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01/18/1685
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Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized
Type: Birth
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01/18/1689
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Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1691
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English king Willem III travels to The Hague
Type: Event
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01/18/1701
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Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia
Type: Event
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01/18/1726
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Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
Type: Birth
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01/18/1730
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Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
Type: Death
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01/18/1732
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Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1733
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1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
Type: Event
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01/18/1751
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Ferdinand Kauer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1760
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Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62
Type: Death
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01/18/1769
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Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
Type: Death
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01/18/1777
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San Jose California, founded
Type: Event
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01/18/1778
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Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
Type: Event
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01/18/1779
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Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1782
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Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1788
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English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony
Type: Event
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01/18/1793
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William Henry Havergal, composer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1795
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French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance
Type: Event
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01/18/1795
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governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England
Type: Event
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01/18/1795
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Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I
Type: Birth
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01/18/1809
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Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Type: Birth
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01/18/1813
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Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1815
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James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
Type: Birth
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01/18/1815
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Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873
Type: Birth
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01/18/1817
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San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes
Type: Event
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01/18/1817
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Jacques Gregoir, composer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1818
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Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist
Type: Birth
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01/18/1820
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Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
Type: Birth
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