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02/28/0870
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8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
Type: Event
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02/28/1066
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Westminster Abbey opens
Type: Event
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02/28/1261
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Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1533
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Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
Type: Birth
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02/28/1552
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Jobst Brgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
Type: Birth
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02/28/1570
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Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
Type: Event
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02/28/1573
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Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
Type: Death
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02/28/1573
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Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1609
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Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
Type: Death
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02/28/1610
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Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
Type: Event
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02/28/1616
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Kaspar Forster, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1618
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Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/28/1626
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Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
Type: Death
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02/28/1632
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1638
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Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/28/1638
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Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1638
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Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
Type: Event
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02/28/1646
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Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
Type: Event
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02/28/1653
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-Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
Type: Event
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02/28/1663
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Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1665
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Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1667
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English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
Type: Event
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02/28/1683
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Ren-Antoine de Raumur, France, biologist/engineer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1690
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Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
Type: Birth
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02/28/1692
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Salem witch hunt begins
Type: Event
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02/28/1704
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Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC
Type: Event
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02/28/1704
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Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
Type: Event
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02/28/1708
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Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
Type: Event
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02/28/1712
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Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Vran, France, general
Type: Birth
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02/28/1728
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Georg F Hndels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London
Type: Event
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02/28/1730
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Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
Type: Event
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02/28/1737
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Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/28/1742
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Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
Type: Death
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02/28/1747
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Justin Morgan, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1749
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1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published
Type: Event
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02/28/1750
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Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
Type: Birth
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02/28/1759
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Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
Type: Event
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02/28/1764
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Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist
Type: Birth
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02/28/1771
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French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
Type: Birth
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02/28/1778
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Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
Type: Event
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02/28/1781
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Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/28/1784
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Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1784
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John Wesley charters Methodist Church
Type: Event
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02/28/1786
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D Franois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
Type: Birth
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02/28/1792
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Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist
Type: Birth
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02/28/1792
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Henriette ALF countess d'Oultremont de Wgimont, wife of King Willem I
Type: Birth
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02/28/1794
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US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
Type: Event
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02/28/1796
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Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/28/1797
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W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1797
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Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
Type: Birth
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