Events & Holidays In May - 14
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
Unification & Integration Day (Liberia)
Unification & Integration Day (Liberia)
1316 On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)
1316 On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.
1652 Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.
1666 Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.
1679 On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.
1699 On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
0347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.
0649 On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
0964 On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies
1470 On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1565 On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies
1574 On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
1608 On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.