432 Historic Events for January 6
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| 1622 |
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Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
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| 1639 |
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Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
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| 1646 |
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Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
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| 1663 |
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Great earthquake in New England
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| 1681 |
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1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
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| 1683 |
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Fran‡ois de La Croix, composer
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| 1685 |
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Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
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| 1690 |
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Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
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| 1692 |
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Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer
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| 1693 |
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Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
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| 1694 |
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Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies
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| 1695 |
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Giuseppe Sammartini, composer
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| 1697 |
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Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
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| 1702 |
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Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
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| 1702 |
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Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
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| 1725 |
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
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| 1728 |
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Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet
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| 1728 |
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Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer
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| 1732 |
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Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
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| 1738 |
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Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
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| 1742 |
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Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
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| 1745 |
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James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
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| 1745 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
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| 1745 |
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Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
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| 1759 |
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George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
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