381 Historic Events for January 4
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| 274 |
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St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 838 |
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Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
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| 871 |
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Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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| 1334 |
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Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye
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| 1357 |
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Flemish earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty
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| 1493 |
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Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage
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| 1519 |
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-6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz)
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| 1567 |
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Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect
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| 1570 |
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Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"
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| 1579 |
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Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar
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| 1581 |
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James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)
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| 1584 |
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Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
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| 1604 |
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Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)
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| 1612 |
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Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
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| 1642 |
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King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
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| 1643 |
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Isaac Newton, scientist (Whatever goes up) [NS]
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| 1678 |
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Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
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| 1695 |
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Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
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| 1701 |
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Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
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| 1707 |
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Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
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| 1710 |
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)
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| 1717 |
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Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance
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| 1717 |
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Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer
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| 1720 |
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Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist
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| 1725 |
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Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]
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