449 Historic Events for February 28
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| 870 |
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8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
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| 1066 |
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Westminster Abbey opens
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| 1261 |
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Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
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| 1533 |
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Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
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| 1552 |
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Jobst Brgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
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| 1570 |
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Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
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| 1573 |
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Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
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| 1573 |
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Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
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| 1609 |
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Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
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| 1610 |
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Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
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| 1616 |
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Kaspar Forster, composer
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| 1618 |
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Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
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| 1626 |
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Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
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| 1632 |
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer
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| 1638 |
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Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
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| 1638 |
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Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
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| 1638 |
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Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
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| 1646 |
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Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
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| 1653 |
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-Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
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| 1663 |
Birth |
Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
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| 1665 |
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Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
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| 1667 |
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English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
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| 1683 |
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Ren‚-Antoine de R‚aumur, France, biologist/engineer
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| 1690 |
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Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
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| 1692 |
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Salem witch hunt begins
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