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08/03/0808
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P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China
Type: Death
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08/03/0881
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Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings
Type: Event
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08/03/1108
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Louis VI, "the Fat One," King of France, crowned
Type: Event
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08/03/1312
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Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200
Type: Event
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08/03/1387
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Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies
Type: Death
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08/03/1492
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Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
Type: Event
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08/03/1492
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All Jews are expelled from Spain
Type: Event
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08/03/1529
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"Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V and King French I
Type: Event
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08/03/1530
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Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies
Type: Death
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08/03/1531
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Fern n P‚rez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37
Type: Death
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08/03/1557
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Dutch States-General meet at Valenciennes
Type: Event
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08/03/1596
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David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star)
Type: Event
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08/03/1640
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2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
Type: Event
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08/03/1640
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Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo
Type: Event
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08/03/1645
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August Kuhnel, composer
Type: Birth
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08/03/1645
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Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
Type: Event
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08/03/1650
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Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army
Type: Event
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08/03/1676
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Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
Type: Event
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08/03/1678
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Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
Type: Event
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08/03/1692
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Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army
Type: Event
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08/03/1704
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English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
Type: Event
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08/03/1708
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Battle at Trencs‚n: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army
Type: Event
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08/03/1716
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Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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08/03/1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides
Type: Event
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08/03/1748
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Carl Ludwig Junker, composer
Type: Birth
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08/03/1770
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Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1778
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Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan
Type: Event
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08/03/1779
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Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27
Type: Death
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08/03/1780
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Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64
Type: Death
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08/03/1784
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Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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08/03/1797
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Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80
Type: Death
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08/03/1797
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Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews
Type: Event
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08/03/1800
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Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
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08/03/1801
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Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1802
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Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies
Type: Death
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08/03/1811
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Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49
Type: Death
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08/03/1811
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Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1816
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John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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08/03/1817
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Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1818
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HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1820
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William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
Type: Birth
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08/03/1820
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Luther Orlando Emerson, composer
Type: Birth
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08/03/1823
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Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
Type: Birth
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08/03/1823
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Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74
Type: Death
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08/03/1824
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William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1825
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Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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08/03/1829
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Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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08/03/1832
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Ivan Zajc, composer
Type: Birth
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08/03/1833
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HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
Type: Event
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08/03/1833
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Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist
Type: Birth
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