Events & Holidays In May - 29
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Anniversary of the death of President Ali Soilih (Comoros)
Reconciliation Week (Australia)
Anniversary of the death of President Ali Soilih (Comoros)
Reconciliation Week (Australia)
1594 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.
1627 On this day in history birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)
1630 Charles II, King of England (1660-85) was born on this day in history.
1630 On this day in history birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)
1673 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on this day in history.
1675 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.
1716 On this day in history birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist
1722 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
1259 On this day in history death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1379 Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on this day in history.
1405 On this day in history death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
1425 On this day in history death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1500 Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on this day in history.
1544 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on this day in history.
1546 On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered