Events & Holidays In April - 08
Friday, 26 April 2024
ASPCA Day (United States of America)
Birthday of the Sultan of Johor (Malaysia)
Flower Festival (Japan)
ASPCA Day (United States of America)
Birthday of the Sultan of Johor (Malaysia)
Flower Festival (Japan)
1320 On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1460 On this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida
1533 On this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer
1541 On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
1582 Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on this day in history.
1605 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.
1605 Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on this day in history.
1631 On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter
0217 Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.
0956 Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.
1143 John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on this day in history.
1364 On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1461 Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.
1492 On this day in history lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1498 On this day in history death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1537 Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.