447 Historic Events for February 17
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Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
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| 956 |
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Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
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| 1370 |
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Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
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| 1444 |
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Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
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| 1490 |
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Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
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| 1519 |
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Fran‡ois de Guise, [Balafr‚], French general strategist (Calais)
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| 1568 |
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Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
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| 1583 |
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J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
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| 1598 |
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Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia
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| 1600 |
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Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
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| 1612 |
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Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48
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| 1612 |
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Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
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| 1621 |
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Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
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| 1634 |
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William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
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| 1652 |
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Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
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| 1653 |
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Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
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| 1654 |
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Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
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| 1667 |
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Georg Bronner, composer
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| 1670 |
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France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
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| 1673 |
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Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
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| 1675 |
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Johann Melchior Conradi, composer
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| 1676 |
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Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty
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| 1688 |
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Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
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| 1691 |
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Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
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| 1696 |
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Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
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