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02/06/0337
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St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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02/06/0743
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Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
Type: Death
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02/06/0891
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Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
Type: Death
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02/06/1140
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Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
Type: Death
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02/06/1189
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Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England
Type: Event
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02/06/1461
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Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
Type: Birth
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02/06/1497
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John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/06/1508
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Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
Type: Event
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02/06/1564
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Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1577
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King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots
Type: Event
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02/06/1608
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Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
Type: Birth
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02/06/1612
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Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
Type: Death
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02/06/1612
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Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
Type: Birth
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02/06/1617
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Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/06/1626
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Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle
Type: Event
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02/06/1637
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
Type: Birth
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02/06/1651
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-7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
Type: Event
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02/06/1665
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Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1673
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Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1693
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Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va
Type: Event
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02/06/1695
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Andre Cheron, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1695
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Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
Type: Death
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02/06/1699
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Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
Type: Death
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02/06/1705
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Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1716
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England and Netherlands renew alliance
Type: Event
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02/06/1724
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Paul-Louis Cyffl‚, Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1725
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Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/06/1753
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Evariste D‚sir‚ Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet
Type: Birth
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02/06/1756
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Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
Type: Birth
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02/06/1778
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England declares war on France
Type: Event
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02/06/1778
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France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
Type: Event
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02/06/1778
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Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1783
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Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
Type: Death
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02/06/1785
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Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
Type: Death
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02/06/1788
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Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
Type: Event
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02/06/1793
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Pietro Rovelli, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1793
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Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/06/1797
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Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
Type: Birth
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02/06/1798
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Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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02/06/1798
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Th‚odore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher
Type: Birth
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02/06/1802
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Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]
Type: Birth
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02/06/1804
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Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler
Type: Birth
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02/06/1804
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Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/06/1807
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John Reid, composer, dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/06/1807
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Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1812
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Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
Type: Death
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02/06/1815
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NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
Type: Event
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02/06/1818
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William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901
Type: Birth
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02/06/1819
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Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
Type: Event
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02/06/1820
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1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
Type: Event
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