Events & Holidays In February - 06

Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)

New Zealand Day (New Zealand)

Sami National Day (Finland Norway Sweden)

Waitangi Day (New Zealand Niue)

1461  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

0743  On this day in history hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.   

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on this day in history.