Events & Holidays In October - 09

Army & Navy Day (Azerbaijan)

Columbus Day (Dominican Republic)

Dia de Communidad (Spain)

Han'Gul / Korean Alphabet Day (South Korea)

Independence Day (Uganda)

Independence of Guayaquil Day (Ecuador)

Leif Erikson Day (United States of America)

National Dignity Day (Peru)

1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1273  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on this day in history.   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.