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Year 303

Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire.

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Year 484

King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.

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Year 1303

Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.

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Year 1386

King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

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Year 1525

A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.

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Year 1538

Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.

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Year 1582

With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.

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Year 1607

L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.

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Year 1711

The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

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Year 1739

Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

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Birthdays on 24 February 169

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Emperor Toba

b. 1103 – d. 1156

Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)

Louis, Duke of Savoy

b. 1413 – d. 1465

Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

b. 1463 – d. 1494

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

b. 1500 – d. 1558

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)

Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn

b. 1524 – d. 1579

Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn (d. 1579)

Pope Clement VIII

b. 1536 – d. 1605

Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)

John of Austria

b. 1545 – d. 1578

John of Austria (b. 1547)

Cherubino Alberti

b. 1553 – d. 1615

Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

b. 1557 – d. 1619

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford

b. 1593 – d. 1625

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski

b. 1595 – d. 1640

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)

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Arcangela Tarabotti

b. 1604 – d. 1652

Arcangela Tarabotti, born Elena Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)

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Æthelberht of Kent

d. 616 (b. 560)

Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)

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Liu Yun (governor)

d. 951

Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)

Borrell (bishop of Vic)

d. 1018

Borrell, bishop of Vic

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Thomas (12th-century bishop)

d. 1114

Thomas, archbishop of York

Charles III of Naples

d. 1386 (b. 1345)

Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg

d. 1496 (b. 1445)

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)

Jacques de La Palice

d. 1525 (b. 1470)

Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet

d. 1525

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488)

Richard de la Pole

d. 1525 (b. 1480)

Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)

Francis, Duke of Guise

d. 1563 (b. 1519)

Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel

d. 1580 (b. 1512)

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)

Johann Weyer

d. 1588 (b. 1515)

Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)

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