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04/02/0742
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Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
Type: Birth
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04/02/0999
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Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
Type: Event
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04/02/1118
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Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
Type: Death
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04/02/1416
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Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Arag˘n
Type: Event
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04/02/1416
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Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
Type: Death
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04/02/1502
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Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Arag˘n, dies
Type: Death
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04/02/1513
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Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le˘n
Type: Event
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04/02/1550
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Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
Type: Event
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04/02/1559
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Genoa Italy, expels Jews
Type: Event
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04/02/1559
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England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambr‚sis
Type: Event
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04/02/1590
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States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
Type: Event
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04/02/1595
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Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
Type: Event
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04/02/1602
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Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
Type: Birth
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04/02/1618
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Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1628
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Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1632
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Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1640
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Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
Type: Death
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04/02/1645
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Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
Type: Event
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04/02/1657
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Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
Type: Death
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04/02/1705
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Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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04/02/1711
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Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1713
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Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1725
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Casanova, writer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1728
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Franz Asplmayr, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1733
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Giacomo Tritto, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1735
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Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1735
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Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1740
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Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1745
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Austria and Bavaria sign peace
Type: Event
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04/02/1747
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Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63
Type: Death
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04/02/1758
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Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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04/02/1763
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Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1784
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Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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04/02/1792
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US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime
Type: Event
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04/02/1792
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Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
Type: Event
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04/02/1798
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H v Fallersleben, writer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1800
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1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
Type: Event
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04/02/1803
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Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
Type: Death
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04/02/1803
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Franz Paul Lachner, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1805
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Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
Type: Birth
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04/02/1806
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Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX
Type: Birth
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04/02/1814
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Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army
Type: Birth
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04/02/1817
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Teodulo Mabellini, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1819
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1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
Type: Event
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04/02/1826
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Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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04/02/1827
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Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
Type: Event
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04/02/1827
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William Holdman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1831
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Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
Type: Death
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04/02/1833
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Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1834
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Fr‚d‚ric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
Type: Birth
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