Events & Holidays In October - 12

Battle of Sarandi (Uruguay)

Columbus Day (Honduras Mexico Uruguay Venezuela)

Columbus Day (official) (Colombia)

Day of Liberation from the French (Laos)

Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) (International)

Discovery of America (Argentina)

Fair at McLean's Town (Bahamas)

Hispanic Day (Spain)

Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea)

National Day (Spain)

Nossa Senhora de Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida, Patron Saint of Brazil) (Brazil)

Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil)

Discovery Day (Bahamas)

1008  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on this day in history.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on this day in history.   

1176  On this day in history death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  On this day in history michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies