Events & Holidays In February - 17
Thursday, 09 May 2024
National Public Science Day (United States of America)
Random Acts of Kindness Day (United States of America)
National Public Science Day (United States of America)
Random Acts of Kindness Day (United States of America)
1444 On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1581 On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1583 On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1646 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.
1653 On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
1667 On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.
0440 Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.
0956 On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
1339 Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.
1371 Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.
1596 On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
1600 On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1609 On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)