467 Historic Events for January 8
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| 482 |
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Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
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| 482 |
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Severinus, saint, dies
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| 624 |
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Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
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| 624 |
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Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
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| 794 |
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Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
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| 871 |
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Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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| 1081 |
Birth |
Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
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| 1198 |
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Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
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| 1198 |
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Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
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| 1214 |
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Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
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| 1324 |
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Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
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| 1336 |
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Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
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| 1455 |
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Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
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| 1499 |
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Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
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| 1558 |
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French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
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| 1567 |
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Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
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| 1583 |
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Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
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| 1587 |
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Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
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| 1589 |
Birth |
Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
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| 1598 |
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Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
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| 1598 |
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Genoa Italy expels Jews
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| 1598 |
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Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
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| 1628 |
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Fran‡ois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
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| 1632 |
Birth |
Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
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| 1642 |
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Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
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