Events & Holidays In January - 15

Fiesta del Nino Perdido en Huancavelica (Peru)

John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)

1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on this day in history.   

1481  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1507  On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

1538  On this day in history birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)   

1567  On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  On this day in history birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)   

1674  On this day in history birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on this day in history.   

0570  Death of Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) on this day in history.   

0936  On this day in history death of king Rudolph of France   

1208  On this day in history death of peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered   

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on this day in history.   

1481  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) on this day in history.   

1595  Death of Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on this day in history.