420 Historic Events for January 20
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| 250 |
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St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
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| 250 |
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Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies
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| 820 |
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Book of mother, published
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| 820 |
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Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies
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| 842 |
Death |
Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies
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| 882 |
Death |
Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies
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| 1045 |
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Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
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| 1265 |
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1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
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| 1320 |
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Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland
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| 1356 |
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Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns
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| 1479 |
Death |
John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
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| 1503 |
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Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
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| 1513 |
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Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king
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| 1569 |
Death |
Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80
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| 1586 |
Birth |
Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)
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| 1612 |
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Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59
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| 1613 |
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Peace of Kn„rod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden
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| 1622 |
Birth |
Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns
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| 1639 |
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Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
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| 1648 |
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Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid
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| 1654 |
Birth |
Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
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| 1666 |
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Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64
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| 1667 |
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Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia
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| 1681 |
Birth |
Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer
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| 1691 |
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Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77
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