Events & Holidays In December - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Constitution Day (Spain)
Farmer's Day (Ghana)
Foundation of Quito (Ecuador)
Independence Day (Finland)
St. Nicholas Day (Catholic) (Ukraine)
St. Nicholas Day (International)
Constitution Day (Spain)
Farmer's Day (Ghana)
Foundation of Quito (Ecuador)
Independence Day (Finland)
St. Nicholas Day (Catholic) (Ukraine)
St. Nicholas Day (International)
0846 On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)
1285 On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
1421 On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)
1478 On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
1550 On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer
1586 On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
1608 On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland
1637 On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)
0343 On this day in history death of saint Nicholas
1185 On this day in history afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76
1352 On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies
1531 On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
1550 On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48
1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.
1598 On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78
1618 On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)