429 Historic Events for June 3
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| 545 |
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Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70
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| 1083 |
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Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral
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| 1098 |
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After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey
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| 1107 |
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Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle
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| 1357 |
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Peace of Aat
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| 1509 |
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Henry VIII married wife No 1, Catherine of Aragon
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| 1539 |
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Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
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| 1540 |
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Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so
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| 1594 |
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Michel Renichon, priest, executed
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| 1610 |
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Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised
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| 1621 |
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WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded
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| 1621 |
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Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY)
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| 1657 |
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Manuel de Egues, composer
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| 1660 |
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Johannes Schenck, composer
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| 1661 |
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Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67
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| 1665 |
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Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft
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| 1679 |
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Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
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| 1685 |
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Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat
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| 1688 |
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Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66
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| 1726 |
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James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist
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| 1732 |
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Pieter Vuyst, Dutch gov-gen of Ceylon, executed
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| 1738 |
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Johann Christoph Oley, composer
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| 1746 |
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James Hook, composer
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| 1748 |
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Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service
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| 1750 |
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Frederic Thieme, composer
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