491 Historic Events for February 2
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| 1660 |
Death |
Jean BG duke of Orl‚ans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
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| 1669 |
Birth |
Louis Marchand, composer
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| 1673 |
Death |
Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56
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| 1685 |
Death |
Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
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| 1704 |
Death |
Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62
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| 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"
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| 1714 |
Birth |
Gottfried August Homilius, composer
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| 1714 |
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Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London
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| 1723 |
Death |
Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66
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| 1731 |
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Georg F H„ndels opera "Poro," premieres in London
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| 1732 |
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King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
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| 1742 |
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British Walpole govt resigns
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| 1748 |
Birth |
Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
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| 1750 |
Death |
Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65
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| 1762 |
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Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London
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| 1769 |
Death |
Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
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| 1773 |
Birth |
Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
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| 1779 |
Death |
Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
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| 1780 |
Birth |
Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies)
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| 1789 |
Death |
Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
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| 1793 |
Death |
William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
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| 1795 |
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Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres
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| 1798 |
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Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire
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| 1802 |
Birth |
Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist
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| 1802 |
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1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›)
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