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Followers of the priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects in Florence, Italy, on the Shrove Tuesday festival. Tom Wolfe's 1997 novel, “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” makes reference to the original event, but is not a retelling of the story.
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Sir Thomas Moore (d.1535), English humanist, statesman and writer, was born in London. He was best friend of Erasmus, and called by Erasmus: "a man for all seasons." He studied law and rose to the post of lord chancellor after the fall of Cardinal Wolsey. More would not accept Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon nor his subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn. The king had charges of treason filed and More was beheaded on July 6
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Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) became the 1st prince of Wales.
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The Christburg Peace Treaty forced the Prussians to recognize the rule of the Teutonic Knights. Within about 50 years the Teutonic Knights and Knights of the Cross had overcome most of Prussia and established German as the dominant culture and language. The German orders then turned to Lithuania.
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Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), died from plague.
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A Thracian officer by the name of Leo was proclaimed as emperor of the East by the army general, Aspar, on the death of the Emperor Marcian.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
1993 –
David Dorfman, American actor
1993 –
Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1992 –
Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1991 –
Rachel Sibner, American actress
1990 –
Anna Abreu, Finnish singer
1990 –
Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 –
Louisa Lytton Feb 7 British actress
1988 –
Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 –
Matthew Stafford, American college football player
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February, 7
- Births
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2009,
Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
2008,
Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)
2006,
Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
2005,
Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2003,
Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003,
John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2002,
Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2001,
Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2001,
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
2000,
Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
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February, 7
- Deaths
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