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02/03/0474
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Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
Type: Death
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02/03/0865
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Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies
Type: Death
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02/03/1368
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Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1377
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Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
Type: Event
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02/03/1377
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Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
Type: Event
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02/03/1399
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John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Le˘n, dies at 58
Type: Death
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02/03/1451
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Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
Type: Death
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02/03/1468
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Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies
Type: Death
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02/03/1488
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Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
Type: Event
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02/03/1525
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Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1536
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Garcˇa de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
Type: Death
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02/03/1547
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Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
Type: Event
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02/03/1558
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Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
Type: Death
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02/03/1576
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Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
Type: Event
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02/03/1591
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German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
Type: Event
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02/03/1602
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Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62
Type: Death
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02/03/1648
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Louis Bouteiller, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1653
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Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
Type: Event
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02/03/1655
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Fran‡ois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized
Type: Birth
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02/03/1660
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General Moncks army reaches London
Type: Event
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02/03/1679
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Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
Type: Death
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02/03/1690
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1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)
Type: Event
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02/03/1697
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Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
Type: Death
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02/03/1715
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Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/03/1736
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1740
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Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
Type: Event
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02/03/1740
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Guillaume Lasceux, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1743
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Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
Type: Event
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02/03/1748
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Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49
Type: Death
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02/03/1752
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Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills
Type: Event
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02/03/1755
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Florido Tomeoni, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1763
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Caroline von Wolzogen, [von Lengefeld], German author
Type: Birth
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02/03/1781
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Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by British
Type: Event
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02/03/1783
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Spain recognizes US independence
Type: Event
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02/03/1784
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John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English (opera)composer/diplomat
Type: Birth
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02/03/1803
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Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/03/1805
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Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia
Type: Birth
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02/03/1807
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1891
Type: Birth
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02/03/1809
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Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
Type: Event
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02/03/1809
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1811
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Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")
Type: Birth
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02/03/1814
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Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/03/1815
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World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
Type: Event
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02/03/1817
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Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1817
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Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
Type: Birth
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02/03/1820
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Elisha Kent Kane, US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1821
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Elizabeth Blackwell, Bristol England, 1st woman physician
Type: Birth
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02/03/1823
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Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1824
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George Thomas "Tige" Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1824
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Nathan George "Shanks" Evans, Brig Gen (Confederacy), died in 1868
Type: Birth
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