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02/02/0506
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King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out
Type: Event
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02/02/0962
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Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor
Type: Event
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02/02/1032
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Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy
Type: Event
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02/02/1032
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Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies
Type: Death
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02/02/1119
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Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
Type: Event
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02/02/1141
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Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured
Type: Event
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02/02/1435
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Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/02/1461
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2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists
Type: Event
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02/02/1491
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Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
Type: Death
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02/02/1502
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Damiao de G˘is, Portuguese humanist scholar
Type: Birth
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02/02/1536
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Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
Type: Event
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02/02/1540
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George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
Type: Death
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02/02/1550
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English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
Type: Event
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02/02/1563
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Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
Type: Death
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02/02/1583
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Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess
Type: Birth
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02/02/1594
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Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/02/1595
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Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1597
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Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
Type: Death
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02/02/1600
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Gabriel Naud‚, France, librarian (Mazarin Library)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1633
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M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome
Type: Event
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02/02/1637
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Zorilla's "El m s Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid
Type: Event
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02/02/1649
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Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1650
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Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1653
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New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC)
Type: Event
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02/02/1660
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Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
Type: Death
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02/02/1660
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Jean BG duke of Orl‚ans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
Type: Death
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02/02/1669
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Louis Marchand, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1673
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Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/02/1685
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Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
Type: Death
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02/02/1704
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Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62
Type: Death
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02/02/1709
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British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
Type: Event
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02/02/1714
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Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London
Type: Event
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02/02/1714
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Gottfried August Homilius, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1723
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Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/02/1731
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Georg F H„ndels opera "Poro," premieres in London
Type: Event
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02/02/1732
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King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
Type: Event
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02/02/1742
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British Walpole govt resigns
Type: Event
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02/02/1748
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Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1750
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Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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02/02/1762
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Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London
Type: Event
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02/02/1769
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Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/02/1773
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Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1779
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Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/02/1780
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Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1789
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Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/02/1793
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William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/02/1795
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Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres
Type: Event
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02/02/1798
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Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire
Type: Event
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02/02/1802
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1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›)
Type: Event
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02/02/1802
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Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist
Type: Birth
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