Events & Holidays In December - 28
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Holy Innocents' Day (Mexico)
Holy Innocents' Day (Mexico)
1164 On this day in history birth of emperor RokujÅ of Japan (d. 1176)
1484 Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.
1522 Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.
1619 Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.
1631 On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist
1635 Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.
1655 Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.
1665 George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.
0300 Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.
1367 Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.
1446 On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies
1503 On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)
1542 On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52
1622 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1663 On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
1671 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)