Events & Holidays In June - 20
Monday, 16 September 2024
Martyr's Day (Eritrea)
World Refugee Day (International)
Martyr's Day (Eritrea)
World Refugee Day (International)
1005 On this day in history birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.
1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on this day in history.
1583 On this day in history birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on this day in history.
1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on this day in history.
1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on this day in history.
1642 On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)
0451 On this day in history death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths
0840 Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on this day in history.
0885 On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
1585 On this day in history christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52
1597 On this day in history willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies
1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.
1668 On this day in history death of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1751 On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56