Events & Holidays In January - 21
Thursday, 09 May 2024
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Feast of our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic)
Saint Jovan (Serbia)
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Feast of our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic)
Saint Jovan (Serbia)
1337 On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1338 King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.
1571 On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
1659 On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1721 On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.
1743 John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.
1746 Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.
0304 On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)
0879 On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies
0917 Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.
1118 On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1519 Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.
1527 Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.
1546 On this day in history death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
1596 On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66