Events & Holidays In September - 12

National Day (Cape Verde Islands)

1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on this day in history.  

1494  On this day in history birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)  

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)  

1559  On this day in history birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect  

1575  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)  

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.  

1012  On this day in history guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies  

1015  On this day in history lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65  

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on this day in history.  

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies  

1369  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)