Events & Holidays In March - 24
Friday, 20 April 2018
Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
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Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
1188 On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
1441 On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)
1494 Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.
1607 On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)
1628 Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.
1630 On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal
1657 On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
1693 On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
0809 Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1284 On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus
1381 Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.
1396 Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.
1400 On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies
1455 Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1471 Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1558 Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.