420 Historic Events for February 3
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| 474 |
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Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
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| 865 |
Death |
Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies
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| 1368 |
Birth |
Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)
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| 1377 |
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Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
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| 1377 |
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Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
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| 1399 |
Death |
John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Le¢n, dies at 58
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| 1451 |
Death |
Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
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| 1468 |
Death |
Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies
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| 1488 |
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Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
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| 1525 |
Birth |
Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer
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| 1536 |
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Garc¡a de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
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| 1547 |
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Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
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| 1558 |
Death |
Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
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| 1576 |
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Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
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| 1591 |
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German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
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| 1602 |
Death |
Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62
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| 1648 |
Birth |
Louis Bouteiller, composer
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| 1653 |
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Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
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| 1655 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized
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| 1660 |
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General Moncks army reaches London
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| 1679 |
Death |
Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
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| 1690 |
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1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)
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| 1697 |
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Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
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| 1715 |
Death |
Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70
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| 1736 |
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer
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