Events & Holidays In September - 12

National Day (Cape Verde Islands)

1492  On this day in history birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

1494  On this day in history birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  On this day in history birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

1575  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0413  On this day in history death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1015  On this day in history lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on this day in history.   

1213  On this day in history pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on this day in history.