Events & Holidays In December - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Day of Mourning (Panama)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Louisiana Purchase Day (United States of America)
Day of Mourning (Panama)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Louisiana Purchase Day (United States of America)
1494 On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1539 On this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer
1566 Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.
1579 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.
1594 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.
1606 On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer
1626 On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)
0069 Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.
0217 Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.
0860 Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.
0910 On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies
1022 Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.
1073 On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies
1355 On this day in history stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies
1494 On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet