393 Historic Events for January 25
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| 749 |
Birth |
Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (775-80)
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| 844 |
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Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 1037 |
Birth |
Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]
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| 1138 |
Death |
Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies
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| 1139 |
Death |
Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies
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| 1139 |
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Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant
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| 1327 |
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King Edward III accedes to British throne
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| 1348 |
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Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000
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| 1477 |
Birth |
Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII
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| 1494 |
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Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies
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| 1494 |
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Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples
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| 1509 |
Birth |
Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"
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| 1533 |
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England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
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| 1540 |
Birth |
Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)
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| 1547 |
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Lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist, dies
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| 1554 |
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Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
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| 1565 |
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Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army
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| 1579 |
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Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
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| 1586 |
Death |
Lucas Cranach "the Young", German painter, dies at 70
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| 1615 |
Birth |
Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)
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| 1626 |
Birth |
John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter
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| 1627 |
Birth |
Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
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| 1634 |
Birth |
Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)
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| 1640 |
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Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
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| 1693 |
Birth |
Anna Ivanova Romanova, daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia (1730-40)
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