Today in History for January 1700

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Historical Events

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1st - Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
1st - Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
1st - Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
26th - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.

Famous Birthdays

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29th - Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)

Famous Deaths

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7th - Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618)
12th - Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
22nd - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39


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