Events & Holidays In April - 05
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Arbor Day (South Korea)
Ching Ming Festival (Taiwan)
Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) (China)
Arbor Day (South Korea)
Ching Ming Festival (Taiwan)
Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) (China)
1288 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1472 Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.
1523 On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
1588 Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.
1595 On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer
1598 On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer
1604 On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1622 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
0582 Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.
0828 On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77
1168 Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.
1258 On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies
1270 Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.
1419 On this day in history death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
1531 Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.
1605 Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.