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02/01/0656
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Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
Type: Death
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02/01/0772
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Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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02/01/1204
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Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
Type: Death
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02/01/1248
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Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
Type: Death
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02/01/1294
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Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
Type: Death
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02/01/1328
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Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
Type: Death
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02/01/1502
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Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
Type: Death
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02/01/1539
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Emperor Karel and King Fran‡ois I sign anti-English treaty
Type: Event
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02/01/1542
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Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir˘lamo Aleandro], Ital diplomat, dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/01/1552
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Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1587
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English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence
Type: Event
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02/01/1603
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Michael Trumper, composer
Type: Birth
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02/01/1605
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Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic
Type: Birth
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02/01/1633
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Gabriel Schutz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/01/1650
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Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
Type: Death
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02/01/1659
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Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1662
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Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates
Type: Event
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02/01/1666
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Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
Type: Death
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02/01/1669
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French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
Type: Event
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02/01/1669
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Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31
Type: Death
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02/01/1669
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Miguel Lopez, composer
Type: Birth
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02/01/1690
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Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer
Type: Birth
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02/01/1691
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Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/01/1691
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George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/01/1694
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John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
Type: Death
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02/01/1709
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Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez
Type: Event
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02/01/1710
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Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1717
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Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
Type: Event
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02/01/1720
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Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty
Type: Event
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02/01/1732
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Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions
Type: Event
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02/01/1733
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August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
Type: Death
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02/01/1742
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Sardinia and Austria sign alliance
Type: Event
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02/01/1743
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Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/01/1747
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Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
Type: Death
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02/01/1757
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John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1763
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Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1783
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William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
Type: Event
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02/01/1788
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1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet
Type: Event
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02/01/1789
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Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
Type: Event
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02/01/1789
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Hippolyte-Andr‚-Baptiste Chelard, composer
Type: Birth
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02/01/1790
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Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
Type: Event
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02/01/1791
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Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
Type: Birth
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02/01/1793
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Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk and linen
Type: Event
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02/01/1793
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France declares war on England and Netherlands
Type: Event
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02/01/1795
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Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/01/1801
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Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1801
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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
Type: Birth
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02/01/1805
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Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1807
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Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (M‚moire sur lesson Olim)
Type: Birth
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02/01/1807
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William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
Type: Birth
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