Events & Holidays In December - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Holy Innocents' Day (Mexico)
Holy Innocents' Day (Mexico)
1164 On this day in history birth of emperor RokujÅ of Japan (d. 1176)
1484 On this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen
1522 Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.
1619 On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)
1631 On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist
1635 Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.
1655 Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.
1665 George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.
0300 Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.
1367 Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.
1446 On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies
1503 On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)
1542 Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.
1622 On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55
1663 Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.
1671 Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.