Events & Holidays In April - 10
Friday, 25 October 2024
National Sibling Day (United States of America)
National Sibling Day (United States of America)
1389 On this day in history birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1512 On this day in history birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)
1569 On this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon
1583 On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
1633 On this day in history birth of werner Fabricius, composer
1651 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.
1656 On this day in history birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1695 On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
0879 On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies
0947 On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
0948 On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy
1008 On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies
1362 On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies
1533 On this day in history frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
1545 Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.
1585 On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies