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  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

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

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

0352  On this day in history maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on this day in history.   

1185  On this day in history death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

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

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

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