Today in History on This Day Thursday 6th February 2014 Historical Events Events 1 - 15 337 - St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1189 - Riots in Lynn, Norfolk (England) spread to Norwich 1508 - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1577 - King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots 1626 - Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle 1651 - -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris 1685 - Duke of York becomes King James II of England and VII of Scotland upon the death of his brother Charles II. 1693 - Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1716 - England & Netherlands renew alliance 1778 - Britain declares war on France 1778 - France recognizes USA, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution 1815 - NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens) 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore 1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone) Famous Birthdays Born Today Chinese Emperor ChongzhenChinese Emperor Chongzhen (1611) Birthdays 1 - 15 1461 - Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) 1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) 1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher 1611 - Chongzhen Emperor, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China (d. 1644) 1612 - Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist 1637 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan 1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) 1665 - Anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14) 1673 - Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer 1695 - Andre Cheron, composer 1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726) 1705 - Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer 1732 - Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782) 1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 2 1995 - The Beach Boys leader and chief songwriter Brian Wilson (52) weds former model Melinda Ledbetter (47) at Palos Verdes in Peninsula, California 2009 - The L Word actress Sarah Shahi (29) weds actor Steve Howey (31) in Las Vegas, Nevada Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 1 2007 - Married ... With Children actor David Faustino (32) divorces actress Andrea Elmer Faustino (31) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Comic Book Artist and Writer Jack KirbyComic Book Artist and Writer Jack Kirby (1994) Deaths 1 - 15 743 - Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 891 - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies 1140 - Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies 1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) 1497 - John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 1515 - Aldus Manutius, Italian printer 1585 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) 1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) 1612 - Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1617 - Prosper Alpinus/Prospero Alpini, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 1695 - Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies 1699 - Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies 1725 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 1775 - William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) 1783 - Lancelot Capability Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
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