Events & Holidays In February - 21
Thursday, 09 May 2024
Birthday of King Harald V (Norway)
Ekushey Day (Martyr's Day) (Bangladesh)
International Mother Language Day (International)
Shaheed Dibash (Bangladesh)
Birthday of King Harald V (Norway)
Ekushey Day (Martyr's Day) (Bangladesh)
International Mother Language Day (International)
Shaheed Dibash (Bangladesh)
1417 On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
1484 On this day in history birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
1556 Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.
1674 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.
1675 Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.
1684 On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
1690 On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer
1705 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.
0556 On this day in history maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
1437 On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
1471 Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on this day in history.
1513 Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on this day in history.
1595 Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on this day in history.
1624 Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies