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08/02/0257
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St Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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08/02/0257
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Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies
Type: Death
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08/02/0640
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Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies
Type: Death
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08/02/0686
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John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies
Type: Death
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08/02/1002
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Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64
Type: Death
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08/02/1057
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Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium, Pope Stephen IX [X]
Type: Event
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08/02/1075
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John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies
Type: Death
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08/02/1100
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William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
Type: Death
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08/02/1332
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Christoffel II, king of Denmark (Handf‘stning), dies at 55
Type: Death
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08/02/1375
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1st roller skating rink opens (London)
Type: Event
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08/02/1451
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Elisabeth von G”rlitz, duchess of Luxembourg, dies
Type: Death
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08/02/1455
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Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
Type: Birth
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08/02/1492
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Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Type: Event
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08/02/1512
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Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48
Type: Death
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08/02/1542
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French troops leave Flanders
Type: Event
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08/02/1552
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Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion
Type: Event
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08/02/1578
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Battle of Rijmenam
Type: Event
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08/02/1581
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Leiden University names Snellius math professor
Type: Event
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08/02/1589
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Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
Type: Death
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08/02/1600
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Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70
Type: Death
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08/02/1610
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Henry Hudson enters bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay
Type: Event
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08/02/1627
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Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
Type: Birth
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08/02/1632
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Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)
Type: Birth
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08/02/1649
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Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78
Type: Death
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08/02/1655
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Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83
Type: Death
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08/02/1665
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French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers
Type: Event
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08/02/1696
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Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria and Russia
Type: Birth
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08/02/1704
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Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim
Type: Event
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08/02/1718
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Austrian joins Triple Alliance
Type: Event
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08/02/1723
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Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
Type: Birth
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08/02/1738
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France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey
Type: Event
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08/02/1746
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Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
Type: Birth
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08/02/1754
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Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
Type: Birth
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08/02/1775
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Jose Angel Lamas, composer
Type: Birth
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08/02/1776
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Formal signing of Declaration of Independence
Type: Event
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08/02/1782
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George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction
Type: Event
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08/02/1786
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Utrechtse Vroedschap flees
Type: Event
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08/02/1787
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Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc
Type: Event
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08/02/1788
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Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
Type: Death
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08/02/1791
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Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine
Type: Event
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08/02/1792
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Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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08/02/1798
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British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile
Type: Event
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08/02/1799
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Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54
Type: Death
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08/02/1802
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Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
Type: Birth
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08/02/1802
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Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"
Type: Event
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08/02/1811
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William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80
Type: Death
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08/02/1818
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[Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
Type: Birth
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08/02/1819
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1st parachute jump in US
Type: Event
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08/02/1826
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William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
Type: Birth
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08/02/1827
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James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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