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Historical Events
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624 - Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
794 - Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
871 - Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1198 - Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
1214 - Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
1297 - Monaco gains its independence.
1499 - Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
1558 - French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
1598 - Genoa Italy expels Jews
1598 - Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1656 - Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 - 1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
1705 - Georg F Handel's 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg
1716 - Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested
1734 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Famous Birthdays
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1081 - Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
1556 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
1583 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
1587 - Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1589 - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
1601 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)
1628 - Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
1632 - Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
1635 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709)
1658 - Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
1668 - Jean Gilles, composer
1735 - John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
1763 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
1767 - Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
1777 - Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
Famous Deaths
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482 - Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
482 - Severinus, saint, dies
624 - Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
1100 - Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)
1107 - Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
1198 - Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1198 - Pope Celestine III (bc. 1106)
1324 - Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
1336 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
1455 - Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
1456 - St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)
1464 - Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)
1557 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)
1567 - Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
1570 - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)
