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08/13/0523
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St John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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08/13/0587
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Radegundis, daughter of Thrings king Berthar/saint, dies
Type: Death
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08/13/0662
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Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies
Type: Death
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08/13/0900
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Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29
Type: Death
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08/13/1099
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Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II
Type: Event
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08/13/1134
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Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1191
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Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1278
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Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65
Type: Death
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08/13/1415
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King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River
Type: Event
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08/13/1422
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William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1516
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Kings Charles I and Franois I signs Treaty of Noyons
Type: Event
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08/13/1521
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Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs
Type: Event
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08/13/1578
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Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands
Type: Event
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08/13/1608
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John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication
Type: Event
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08/13/1617
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Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist
Type: Birth
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08/13/1624
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Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
Type: Event
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08/13/1630
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Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein
Type: Event
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08/13/1637
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Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1642
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Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
Type: Event
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08/13/1645
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Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brmsebro
Type: Event
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08/13/1651
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Litchfield, CT founded
Type: Event
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08/13/1655
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Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1674
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Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35
Type: Death
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08/13/1692
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Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1695
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-15] French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels
Type: Event
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08/13/1696
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State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor
Type: Event
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08/13/1704
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French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany
Type: Event
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08/13/1704
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Lorenzo Fago, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1713
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King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
Type: Event
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08/13/1717
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Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1721
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Francis Ireland, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1732
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Voltaire's "Zare," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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08/13/1740
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Hunger strike in Rotterdam
Type: Event
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08/13/1747
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Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1748
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Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot
Type: Birth
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08/13/1749
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J E Schlegel, writer, dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1762
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John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64
Type: Death
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08/13/1784
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English parliament accept India Act
Type: Event
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08/13/1787
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Isac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1788
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Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
Type: Event
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08/13/1792
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Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette
Type: Event
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08/13/1799
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English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
Type: Event
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08/13/1802
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Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1808
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Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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08/13/1814
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Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves
Type: Event
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08/13/1814
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Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch
Type: Event
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08/13/1814
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Anders Jonas ngstrm, Sweden, physicist (spectroscope)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1817
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Karoly Thern, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1818
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Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1819
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George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)
Type: Birth
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