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01/24/0041
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Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28
Type: Death
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01/24/0076
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Publius A Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor (117-138)
Type: Birth
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01/24/0661
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Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered
Type: Death
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01/24/0772
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Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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01/24/0772
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Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies
Type: Death
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01/24/0817
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St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
Type: Event
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01/24/0817
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Stefanus IV, [V/Colonna?], pope (816-17), dies
Type: Death
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01/24/1076
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Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
Type: Event
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01/24/1118
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Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II
Type: Event
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01/24/1328
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King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen
Type: Event
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01/24/1336
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Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
Type: Death
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01/24/1458
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Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary
Type: Event
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01/24/1473
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Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies
Type: Death
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01/24/1534
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Fran‡ois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy
Type: Event
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01/24/1547
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
Type: Death
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01/24/1556
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Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000
Type: Event
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01/24/1568
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Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire
Type: Event
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01/24/1568
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In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
Type: Event
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01/24/1613
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Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
Type: Event
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01/24/1616
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Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver
Type: Event
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01/24/1634
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Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
Type: Event
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01/24/1639
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Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
Type: Event
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01/24/1639
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George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
Type: Death
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01/24/1644
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Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win
Type: Event
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01/24/1652
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Duke of Orl‚ans joins Fronde rebels
Type: Event
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01/24/1656
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1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
Type: Event
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01/24/1659
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Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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01/24/1664
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John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1666
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Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
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01/24/1678
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Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/24/1679
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King Charles II disbands English parliament
Type: Event
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01/24/1679
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Christian von Wolff, German philosopher
Type: Birth
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01/24/1705
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Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato
Type: Birth
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01/24/1712
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Frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1712
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Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher
Type: Birth
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01/24/1722
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Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
Type: Event
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01/24/1722
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Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
Type: Event
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01/24/1732
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Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1742
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German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
Type: Event
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01/24/1746
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Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1750
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Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist
Type: Birth
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01/24/1758
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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer
Type: Birth
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01/24/1764
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Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire
Type: Event
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01/24/1767
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Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1774
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Karl Moser, composer
Type: Birth
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01/24/1776
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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1778
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Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X
Type: Birth
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01/24/1798
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Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1798
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Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1800
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Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer
Type: Birth
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