Events & Holidays In February - 21

Birthday of King Harald V (Norway)

Ekushey Day (Martyr's Day) (Bangladesh)

International Mother Language Day (International)

Shaheed Dibash (Bangladesh)

1417  On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.   

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on this day in history.   

1437  On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)   

1471  On this day in history death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

1513  On this day in history julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69   

1554  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  On this day in history death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1648  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.