Events & Holidays In April - 16

De Diego's Birthday (Puerto Rico)

Emancipation Day (DC) (United States of America)

Librarian Day (School) (United States of America)

Militia Day (Cuba)

Qana Memorial Day (Lebanon)

Queen Margrethes birthday (Denmark)

Queen's Birthday (Greenland)

0778  On this day in history birth of king Louis the Pious (d. 840)  

1319  On this day in history birth of king John II of France (d. 1364)  

1495  On this day in history birth of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)  

1628  On this day in history birth of cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand  

1635  Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

1646  Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history birth of john Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)  

1652  On this day in history birth of clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)  

0069  Death of Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) on this day in history.  

0744  On this day in history death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph  

0924  On this day in history death of berengar of Friuli, King of Italy  

1113  Death of Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050) on this day in history.  

1115  Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on this day in history.  

1118  On this day in history death of adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily  

1198  On this day in history death of duke Frederick I of Austria  

1446  Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on this day in history.