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02/08/0412
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St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
Type: Birth
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02/08/0421
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Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
Type: Event
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02/08/1124
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Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1245
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Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1291
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Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1303
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Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1513
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Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Cura‡ao and Bonaire), dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1526
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Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
Type: Event
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02/08/1552
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Th‚odore-Agrippa d'Aubign‚, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1575
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University of Leiden Neth opens
Type: Event
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02/08/1577
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Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1586
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Jacob Praetorius, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1587
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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
Type: Death
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02/08/1600
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Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
Type: Event
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02/08/1601
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Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
Type: Event
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02/08/1611
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Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1612
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Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1622
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King James I disbands the English parliament
Type: Event
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02/08/1650
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John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
Type: Death
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02/08/1672
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Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
Type: Event
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02/08/1676
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Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
Type: Death
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02/08/1686
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Fran‡ois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
Type: Death
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02/08/1690
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French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
Type: Event
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02/08/1690
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Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
Type: Event
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02/08/1691
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Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/08/1691
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Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/08/1693
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William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
Type: Event
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02/08/1708
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Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1709
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Giuseppi Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/08/1712
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L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, French general in America
Type: Birth
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02/08/1725
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Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
Type: Death
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02/08/1735
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1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC
Type: Event
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02/08/1740
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Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/08/1741
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Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1743
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Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
Type: Event
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02/08/1744
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French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
Type: Event
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02/08/1749
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Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/08/1750
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Minor earthquake in London
Type: Event
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02/08/1764
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Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1771
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Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1775
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Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
Type: Event
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02/08/1776
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Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg
Type: Event
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02/08/1789
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Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1795
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Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1795
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Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1797
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Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/08/1801
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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
Type: Death
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02/08/1802
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Simon Willard patents banjo clock
Type: Event
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02/08/1807
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Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
Type: Event
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02/08/1807
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Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
Type: Birth
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