433 Historic Events for January 5
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| 1066 |
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Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
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| 1349 |
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Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
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| 1387 |
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Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
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| 1425 |
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John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
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| 1438 |
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Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
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| 1463 |
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French poet Fran‡ois Villon banished from Paris
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| 1477 |
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Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
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| 1477 |
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Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed
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| 1500 |
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Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
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| 1524 |
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Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
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| 1531 |
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Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
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| 1548 |
Birth |
Francisco Su rez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
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| 1554 |
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Great fire in Eindhoven Neth
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| 1560 |
Birth |
William Cobbold, composer
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| 1589 |
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Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
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| 1592 |
Death |
Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
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| 1592 |
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Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
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| 1593 |
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William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
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| 1595 |
Death |
Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
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| 1596 |
Birth |
Henry Lawes, English composer
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| 1603 |
Death |
Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
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| 1620 |
Birth |
Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget) [or May 1]
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| 1638 |
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Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
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| 1649 |
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Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice
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| 1661 |
Birth |
Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
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