Events & Holidays In February - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)
New Zealand Day (New Zealand)
Sami National Day (Finland Norway Sweden)
Waitangi Day (New Zealand Niue)
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.