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08/04/1060
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Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
Type: Death
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08/04/1181
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Supernova seen in Cassiopia
Type: Event
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08/04/1204
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Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered
Type: Death
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08/04/1265
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Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort
Type: Event
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08/04/1265
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Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle
Type: Death
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08/04/1306
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V clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered
Type: Death
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08/04/1347
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English troops conquer Ft Calais
Type: Event
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08/04/1351
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Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English
Type: Event
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08/04/1430
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Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26
Type: Death
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08/04/1476
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Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
Type: Death
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08/04/1502
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
Type: Birth
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08/04/1526
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Juan Sebasti…n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
Type: Death
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08/04/1558
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1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
Type: Event
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08/04/1566
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Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies
Type: Death
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08/04/1578
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2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle
Type: Death
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08/04/1578
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Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
Type: Death
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08/04/1578
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Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
Type: Event
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08/04/1584
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John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71
Type: Death
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08/04/1598
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London's head office of Hanze closed
Type: Event
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08/04/1598
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William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
Type: Death
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08/04/1633
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George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60
Type: Death
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08/04/1636
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Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
Type: Event
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08/04/1639
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Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
Type: Death
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08/04/1664
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Louis Lully, composer
Type: Birth
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08/04/1666
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Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St Christopher; thousands die
Type: Event
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08/04/1666
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Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle
Type: Death
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08/04/1666
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Sea battle between Netherlands and England
Type: Event
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08/04/1667
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Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer/Luthers pi‰tist
Type: Birth
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08/04/1687
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Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]
Type: Birth
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08/04/1693
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Dom Perignon invents champagne
Type: Event
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08/04/1695
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French garrison of surrenders to Willem III
Type: Event
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08/04/1704
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War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
Type: Event
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08/04/1705
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Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
Type: Birth
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08/04/1708
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Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
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08/04/1712
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Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27
Type: Death
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08/04/1730
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Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England
Type: Event
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08/04/1731
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Giuseppe Colla, composer
Type: Birth
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08/04/1735
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Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press)
Type: Event
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08/04/1748
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Maximilian Stadler, composer
Type: Birth
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08/04/1753
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George Washington becomes a master mason
Type: Event
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08/04/1755
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Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
Type: Birth
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08/04/1760
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Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia
Type: Event
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08/04/1776
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Wenzel Sedlak, composer
Type: Birth
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08/04/1776
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Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Prol‚gomŠnes)
Type: Birth
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08/04/1777
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Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
Type: Event
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08/04/1789
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French National Meeting ending feudal system
Type: Event
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08/04/1790
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US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service
Type: Event
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08/04/1791
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Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova
Type: Event
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08/04/1792
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Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
Type: Birth
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08/04/1799
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Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
Type: Birth
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