348 Historic Events for April 2
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| 742 |
Birth |
Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
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| 999 |
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Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
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| 1118 |
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Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
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| 1416 |
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Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Arag¢n
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| 1416 |
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Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
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| 1502 |
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Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Arag¢n, dies
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| 1513 |
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Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n
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| 1550 |
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Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
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| 1559 |
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Genoa Italy, expels Jews
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| 1559 |
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England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambr‚sis
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| 1590 |
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States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
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| 1595 |
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Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
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| 1602 |
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Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
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| 1618 |
Birth |
Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
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| 1628 |
Birth |
Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
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| 1632 |
Birth |
Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
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| 1640 |
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Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
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| 1645 |
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Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
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| 1657 |
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Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
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| 1705 |
Death |
Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
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| 1711 |
Birth |
Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
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| 1713 |
Birth |
Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)
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| 1725 |
Birth |
Casanova, writer
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| 1728 |
Birth |
Franz Asplmayr, composer
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| 1733 |
Birth |
Giacomo Tritto, composer
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