Events & Holidays In April - 13

Cambodian New Year (Cambodia)

International Special Librarian's Day (International)

National Day (Chad)

Pi Mai (Laos New Year) (Laos)

Songkran Days (Thai New Year) (Thailand)

Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (United States of America)

1506  On this day in history birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)  

1519  On this day in history birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II  

1519  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II  

1547  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)  

1570  On this day in history birth of guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)  

1573  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)  

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on this day in history.  

0814  On this day in history death of krum of Bulgaria  

1093  On this day in history death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)  

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on this day in history.  

1517  On this day in history death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged  

1612  On this day in history death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai  

1635  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on this day in history.  

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on this day in history.