Events & Holidays In February - 19
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Family Day (Saskatchewan only) (Canada)
National Democracy Day (Nepal)
National Flag Day (Turkmenistan)
Family Day (Saskatchewan only) (Canada)
National Democracy Day (Nepal)
National Flag Day (Turkmenistan)
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.
1526 On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
1552 Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.
1588 On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
1611 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.
1616 On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1630 On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1660 Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.
0197 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.
0440 Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on this day in history.
1133 Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.
1260 On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies
1401 Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.
1414 Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.
1545 Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.
1553 On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41