And the next date in the calendar is....

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February 12, 1809 - Birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the US

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

 

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February 13, 1542 - Catherine Howard, 5th wife/Queen of Henry VIII, is beheaded for treason by committing adultery while married to the king

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Howard

 

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February 14, 1894 - Birth of American entertainer Jack Benny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny

 

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15 February 1710 – Birth of King Louis XV of France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France

 

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February 16, 1923 - Harold Carter unseals the tomb of King Tut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter_(archaeologist)

 

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17 February 1934 – Death of King Albert I of Belgium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_Belgium

 

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February 18, 1478 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence is executed for treason against his brother, King Edward IV. Whether or not he was drowned in Malmsey wine is open for discussion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Plantagenet,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence

 

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February 19, 1674 - England & the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. Among other codicils, this cedes New Amsterdam to the English. It is renamed New York after the Duke of York, the future James II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

 

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20 February 1631 – Birth of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Osborne,_1st_Duke_of_Leeds

 

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February 21, 1613 - Mikhail (I) Fyodorovich Romanov declared Tsar of Russia - beginning of Romanov Dynasty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_I_of_Russia

 

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22 February 1857 – Birth of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell

 

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February 23, 1904 - Birth of American journalist, writer, broadcaster, historian William L Shirer (Rise & Fall of the 3rd Reich)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Shirer

 

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24 February 1774 – Birth of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Adolphus,_Duke_of_Cambridge

 

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February 25, 1570 - Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth I of England

 

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26 February 1933 – Death of Princess Thyra of Denmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Thyra_of_Denmark

 

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February 27, 1847 - Birth of Dame Ellen Terry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Terry

 

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28 February 1724 – Birth of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend,_1st_Marquess_Townshend

 

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February 29, 1868 - Death of Ludwig I of Bavaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_I,_King_of_Bavaria

 

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1 March 1880 – Birth of Lytton Strachey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytton_Strachey

 

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March 2, 1900 - Birth of composer Kurt Weill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill