426 Historic Events for January 29
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| 969 |
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Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
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| 1523 |
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Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
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| 1559 |
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Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
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| 1574 |
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Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
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| 1584 |
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Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
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| 1587 |
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Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain
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| 1613 |
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Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
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| 1663 |
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Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
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| 1676 |
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Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
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| 1688 |
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Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
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| 1689 |
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Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
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| 1696 |
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Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
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| 1700 |
Birth |
Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
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| 1703 |
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Carlmann Kolb, composer
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| 1711 |
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Giuseppi Bonno, composer
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| 1715 |
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Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist
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| 1717 |
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Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
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| 1728 |
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John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London [NS=Feb 9]
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| 1732 |
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Paris churchyard Saint-M‚dard closed after Jansenistic ritual
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| 1737 |
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Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
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| 1743 |
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Andr‚ Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
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| 1756 |
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Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, (Rep/Gov-Va)/general
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| 1761 |
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Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
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| 1763 |
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J G Seume, writer
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| 1781 |
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Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich
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