Events & Holidays In August - 21
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco)
Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco)
1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.
1535 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.
1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.
1597 On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.
1660 On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1665 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.
1131 Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.
1157 On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
1190 On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1245 Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.
1271 On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)
1516 On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
1581 Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.
1614 Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.