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Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premiered at the Court Theater in Mantua.
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Mathias Casimir Sarbievius, poet and prof. at Vilnius Univ., was born in Sarbev, Poland. He died in Warsaw Apr 2
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Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms. The old Julian Calendar had an error rate of one day in every 128 years. This was corrected in the Gregorian Calendar of Pope Gregory XIII, but Protestant countries did not accept the change till 1700 and later. [see 1552 and Oct 4
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Ferdinand of Hapsburg and John Zapolyai, the two kings of Hungary, concluded the peace of Grosswardein.
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In the first of the Franco-Habsburg Wars, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V captured the French king Francis I at the battle of Pavia, in Italy.
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Charles V, king of Spain (1516-1556), was born in Ghent, Belgium. He was the last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned by the Pope.
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Francis of Assisi (26) decided to become a priest in Portiuncula, Italy.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1989 –
Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
1987 –
Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
1987 –
Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
1987 –
Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
1986 –
Wojtek Wolski, Polish ice hockey player
1984 –
Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver
1984 –
Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
1982 –
Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
1982 –
Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
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February, 24
- Births
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2008,
Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2007,
Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
2007,
Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
2007,
Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
2007,
Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2006,
Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
2006,
Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
2006,
John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
2006,
Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)
2006,
Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
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February, 24
- Deaths
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