Events & Holidays In October - 09

Army & Navy Day (Azerbaijan)

Columbus Day (Dominican Republic)

Dia de Communidad (Spain)

Han'Gul / Korean Alphabet Day (South Korea)

Independence Day (Uganda)

Independence of Guayaquil Day (Ecuador)

Leif Erikson Day (United States of America)

National Dignity Day (Peru)

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on this day in history.   

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.   

1261  On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  On this day in history clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1273  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on this day in history.   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.   

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.