Events & Holidays In December - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Proclamation of the Republic (Burkina Faso)
Proclamation of the Republic (Burkina Faso)
1465 Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.
1475 On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)
1475 Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.
1566 On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer
1676 Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.
1709 Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.
1712 Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.
1725 George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.
0384 On this day in history death of pope Damasus I
0711 On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42
1121 On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
1226 On this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
1282 Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.
1282 Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on this day in history.
1524 On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake
1532 On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)