Events & Holidays In April - 05
Friday, 26 July 2024
Arbor Day (South Korea)
Ching Ming Festival (Taiwan)
Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) (China)
Arbor Day (South Korea)
Ching Ming Festival (Taiwan)
Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) (China)
1288 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1472 On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
1523 On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
1588 On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)
1595 On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer
1598 Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.
1604 Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.
1622 Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.
0582 On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)
0828 On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77
1168 Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.
1258 On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies
1270 Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.
1419 Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.
1531 On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop
1605 Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.