Events & Holidays In August - 05

Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatia)

Independence Day (Burkina Faso)

National Children's Day (Tuvalu)

Santo Domingo Foundation Day (Dominican Republic)

Sister`s Day (United States of America)

Transfiguration - San Salvador del Mundo (El Salvador)

Virgen de las Nieves (Peru)

1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.