407 Historic Events for February 6
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| 337 |
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St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 743 |
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Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
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| 891 |
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Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
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| 1140 |
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Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
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| 1189 |
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Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England
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| 1461 |
Birth |
Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
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| 1497 |
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John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
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| 1508 |
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Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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| 1564 |
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Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
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| 1577 |
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King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots
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| 1608 |
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Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
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| 1612 |
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Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
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| 1612 |
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Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
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| 1617 |
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Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
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| 1626 |
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Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle
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| 1637 |
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
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| 1651 |
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-7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
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| 1665 |
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Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14)
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| 1673 |
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Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer
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| 1693 |
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Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va
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| 1695 |
Birth |
Andre Cheron, composer
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| 1695 |
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Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
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| 1699 |
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Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
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| 1705 |
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Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer
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| 1716 |
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England and Netherlands renew alliance
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