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01/05/1066
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Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
Type: Death
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01/05/1349
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Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
Type: Event
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01/05/1387
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Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/05/1425
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John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
Type: Death
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01/05/1438
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Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
Type: Event
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01/05/1463
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French poet Fran‡ois Villon banished from Paris
Type: Event
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01/05/1477
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Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
Type: Death
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01/05/1477
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Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed
Type: Event
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01/05/1500
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Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
Type: Event
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01/05/1524
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Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/05/1531
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Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
Type: Event
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01/05/1548
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Francisco Su rez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
Type: Birth
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01/05/1554
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Great fire in Eindhoven Neth
Type: Event
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01/05/1560
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William Cobbold, composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1589
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Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
Type: Death
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01/05/1592
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Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
Type: Death
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01/05/1592
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Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
Type: Birth
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01/05/1593
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William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
Type: Event
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01/05/1595
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Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
Type: Death
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01/05/1596
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Henry Lawes, English composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1603
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Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/05/1620
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Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget) [or May 1]
Type: Birth
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01/05/1638
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Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
Type: Event
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01/05/1649
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Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice
Type: Event
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01/05/1661
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Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1675
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Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
Type: Event
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01/05/1679
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Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1684
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Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
Type: Death
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01/05/1709
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Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
Type: Event
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01/05/1710
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Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1717
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Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
Type: Event
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01/05/1719
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Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
Type: Event
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01/05/1729
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Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter
Type: Birth
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01/05/1740
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Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
Type: Death
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01/05/1746
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Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
Type: Death
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01/05/1757
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Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
Type: Event
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01/05/1759
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Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
Type: Death
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01/05/1759
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Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
Type: Birth
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01/05/1762
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Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]
Type: Death
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01/05/1769
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Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1773
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Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1776
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Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
Type: Event
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01/05/1778
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Fortunato Santini, composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1779
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Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1779
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1780
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Claire EJ, countess of R‚musat/Vergennes/French author (Salon)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1781
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British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va
Type: Event
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01/05/1783
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Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
Type: Death
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01/05/1787
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John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1788
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Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
Type: Birth
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