491 Historic Events for February 2
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| 506 |
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King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out
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| 962 |
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Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor
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| 1032 |
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Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy
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| 1032 |
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Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies
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| 1119 |
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Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
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| 1141 |
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Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured
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| 1435 |
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Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
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| 1461 |
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2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists
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| 1491 |
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Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
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| 1502 |
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Damiao de G¢is, Portuguese humanist scholar
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| 1536 |
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Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
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| 1540 |
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George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
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| 1550 |
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English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
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| 1563 |
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Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
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| 1583 |
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Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess
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| 1594 |
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Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68
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| 1595 |
Birth |
Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam)
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| 1597 |
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Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
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| 1600 |
Birth |
Gabriel Naud‚, France, librarian (Mazarin Library)
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| 1633 |
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M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome
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| 1637 |
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Zorilla's "El m s Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid
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| 1649 |
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Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30)
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| 1650 |
Birth |
Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II)
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| 1653 |
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New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC)
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| 1660 |
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Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
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