426 Historic Events for February 24
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| 1597 |
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Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main
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| 1607 |
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Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua
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| 1613 |
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English princess Elizabeth marries earl Frederik of Palts
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| 1619 |
Birth |
Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer (Chancellor S‚guier)
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| 1624 |
Death |
Vicente Espinel, Sp adventure/chaplain (Marcos de Obr‚gon), dies at 72
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| 1642 |
Death |
Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66
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| 1666 |
Death |
Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77
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| 1679 |
Birth |
Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer
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| 1684 |
Birth |
Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia
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| 1686 |
Death |
Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66
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| 1692 |
Death |
Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74
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| 1697 |
Birth |
Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist
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| 1704 |
Death |
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies
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| 1704 |
Birth |
Hubert Renotte, composer
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| 1708 |
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Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen
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| 1711 |
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Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London
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| 1717 |
Birth |
Bernhard Hupfeld, composer
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| 1735 |
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Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56
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| 1750 |
Birth |
Mikl¢s R‚vai, Hungarian linguistic/poet
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| 1766 |
Birth |
Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)
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| 1771 |
Birth |
Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher
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| 1779 |
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George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British
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| 1784 |
Death |
Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65
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| 1785 |
Death |
Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39
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| 1786 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
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