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02/20/1054
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Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1194
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Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1431
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Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1494
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Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1507
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Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1523
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Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1525
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Swiss and German mercenaries desert Fran‡ois I's army
Type: Event
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02/20/1547
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King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII
Type: Event
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02/20/1569
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Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/20/1595
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Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41
Type: Death
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02/20/1613
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Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch gov-gen of East-Indies
Type: Event
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02/20/1626
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John Dowland, composer, dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1628
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Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63
Type: Death
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02/20/1632
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Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1633
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Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
Type: Birth
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02/20/1653
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Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth
Type: Event
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02/20/1656
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James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/20/1656
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Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
Type: Birth
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02/20/1667
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David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1673
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1st recorded wine auction held (London)
Type: Event
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02/20/1707
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Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1710
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Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen Neth
Type: Event
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02/20/1725
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10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for œ100/scalp bounty
Type: Event
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02/20/1731
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Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/20/1732
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Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
Type: Event
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02/20/1734
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Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1737
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Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1737
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French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns
Type: Event
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02/20/1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland
Type: Event
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02/20/1745
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Johann Peter Salomon, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1746
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Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/20/1746
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Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
Type: Event
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02/20/1751
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J H Voá, writer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1752
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Charles Broche, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1763
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Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1768
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1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
Type: Event
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02/20/1770
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Ferdinando Carulli, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1773
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Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/20/1784
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Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher
Type: Birth
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02/20/1786
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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/20/1788
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Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/20/1790
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Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
Type: Death
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02/20/1791
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Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1792
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US postal service created; postage 6›-12«›, depending on distance
Type: Event
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02/20/1796
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Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
Type: Birth
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02/20/1802
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Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1803
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Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1805
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Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1808
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Daumier, Marseilles France, artist
Type: Birth
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02/20/1809
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Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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