Events & Holidays In February - 07
Thursday, 09 May 2024
Independence Day (Grenada)
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States of America)
Independence Day (Grenada)
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States of America)
1102 Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) was born on this day in history.
1478 Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia) was born on this day in history.
1478 Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on this day in history.
1556 Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on this day in history.
1589 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on this day in history.
1612 On this day in history birth of thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
1655 On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
1688 On this day in history birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
0590 Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on this day in history.
0999 Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.
1045 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
1317 On this day in history death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)
1560 Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on this day in history.
1593 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1609 On this day in history ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies
1626 Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on this day in history.