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Events on 1 February 48

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Year 481

Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage.

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Year 1327

The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

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Year 1329

King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders

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Year 1411

The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).

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Year 1662

The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

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Year 1713

The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

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Year 1793

French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

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Year 1796

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.

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Year 1814

Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.

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Year 1835

Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇳🇷 Nauru · Day following Independence Day

🇸🇪 Sweden · Sunday

Birthdays on 1 February 187

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Walter de Stapledon

b. 1261 – d. 1326

Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326)

Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy

b. 1435 – d. 1472

Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d. 1472)

Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg

b. 1447 – d. 1504

Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)

Conrad Celtes

b. 1459 – d. 1508

Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)

Johannes Trithemius

b. 1462 – d. 1516

Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)

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Queen Munjeong

b. 1501 – d. 1565

Queen Munjeong of Korea (d. 1565)

Edward Coke

b. 1552 – d. 1634

Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1552)

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Henry Briggs (mathematician)

b. 1561 – d. 1630

Henry Briggs, British mathematician (d. 1630)

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Marquard Gude

b. 1635 – d. 1689

Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)

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Elkanah Settle

b. 1648 – d. 1724

Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)

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Jacob Roggeveen

b. 1659 – d. 1729

Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo

b. 1663 – d. 1748

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)

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Deaths on 1 February 84

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Kan B'alam I

d. 583 (b. 524)

Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 583)

Pope Stephen III

d. 772 (b. 720)

Pope Stephen III (b. 720)

Ramiro I of Asturias

d. 850

Ramiro I, king of Asturias

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Jawhar (general)

d. 992

Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman

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Alexios I of Trebizond

d. 1222

Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizond

Henry II, Duke of Brabant

d. 1248 (b. 1207)

Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)

Charles IV of France

d. 1328 (b. 1294)

Charles IV of France (b. 1294)

Sigismund of Bavaria

d. 1501 (b. 1439)

Sigismund of Bavaria (b. 1439)

Girolamo Aleandro

d. 1542 (b. 1480)

Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (d. 1542)

Menas of Ethiopia

d. 1563 (b. 1559)

Menas of Ethiopia (b. 1559)

Lawrence Humphrey

d. 1590 (b. 1527)

Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (b. 1527)

Pope Alexander VIII

d. 1691 (b. 1610)

Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)

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