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* Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].
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==== Sports ====
*According to a tradition noted by 19th century historian [[Stephen Glover (antiquary)|Stephen Glover]], the earliest recorded game of [[association football]] (soccer) took place in [[Derby]], [[England]] as a celebration on [[Shrove Tuesday]], the day before commencement of the Lent season on [[Ash Wednesday]], and 47 days before [[Easter Sunday]] <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ls8DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22shrove+tuesday%22+217+football&source=bl&ots=fkEEj3Tvu2&sig=Z6X2OBF63i_Rw2NylMSwYF0csms&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip_JHum9DMAhUm8IMKHaiND7kQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=%22shrove%20tuesday%22%20217%20football&f=false p41 ''Foot-Ball: Its History for Five Centuries''], by Montague Shearman and James E. Vincent (Field & Tuer, 1885) p41</ref> <ref>Marion von Adlerstein, ''The Penguin Book Of Etiquette'' (Penguin UK, 2007)</ref>
== Births ==
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