401 Historic Events for January 22
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| 871 |
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Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex
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| 1336 |
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Louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies
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| 1371 |
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King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned
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| 1440 |
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Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
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| 1510 |
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Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany
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| 1517 |
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Turks conquer Cairo
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| 1528 |
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England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V
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| 1531 |
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Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44
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| 1552 |
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Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
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| 1561 |
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Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
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| 1571 |
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Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
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| 1575 |
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English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly
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| 1581 |
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Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52
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| 1581 |
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Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies
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| 1584 |
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Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (and parts in 1812)
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| 1588 |
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Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)
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| 1592 |
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Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
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| 1599 |
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Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51
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| 1640 |
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Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55
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| 1649 |
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Pascal Collasse, composer
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| 1655 |
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Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)
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| 1673 |
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Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated
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| 1689 |
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Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords
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| 1689 |
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Prince Willem III calls English parliament together
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| 1690 |
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Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
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