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What Happened in January 1678

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Historical Events

  • Jan 2 Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 7 Johannes Flittner, German composer, dies at 59
  • Jan 24 Joan Maetsuyker, Dutch colonial ruler (Governor-general of Dutch East Indies, 1653-78; Governor of Zeylon, 1646-50), dies at 71
  • Jan 29 Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)

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