498 Historic Events for April 19
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| 607 |
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Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth
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| 843 |
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Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies
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| 1044 |
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Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
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| 1054 |
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Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
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| 1320 |
Birth |
Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)
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| 1390 |
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Robert II, King of Scotland, dies
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| 1451 |
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Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
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| 1524 |
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Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
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| 1529 |
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John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
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| 1529 |
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2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
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| 1539 |
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Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
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| 1552 |
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Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
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| 1560 |
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Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
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| 1567 |
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Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
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| 1587 |
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Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet
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| 1588 |
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Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
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| 1591 |
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Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
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| 1605 |
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Orazio Benevoli, composer
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| 1608 |
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Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
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| 1619 |
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Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
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| 1645 |
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Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
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| 1645 |
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William Smith, composer, dies at 42
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| 1658 |
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Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, Engl Lord High Admiral, dies at ñ70
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| 1660 |
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Sebastian Duron, composer
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| 1689 |
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Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
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