406 Historic Events for February 7
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| 590 |
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Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague
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| 1301 |
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Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales
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| 1478 |
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Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
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| 1522 |
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Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches
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| 1550 |
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Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
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| 1556 |
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Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren
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| 1569 |
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King Philip II forms inquistion in South America
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| 1589 |
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Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
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| 1593 |
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Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
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| 1609 |
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Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies
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| 1612 |
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Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
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| 1613 |
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Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia
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| 1639 |
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Acad‚mie Fran‡aise begins Dictionary of French Language
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| 1653 |
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Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France
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| 1655 |
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Jean-Fran‡ois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
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| 1668 |
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Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
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| 1688 |
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Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
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| 1693 |
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Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
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| 1700 |
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Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
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| 1707 |
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Carl August Thielo, composer
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| 1710 |
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William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
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| 1739 |
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Joseph Pouteau, composer
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| 1740 |
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Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
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| 1743 |
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Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57
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| 1749 |
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Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76
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