Events & Holidays In April - 24

Armenian Genocide Memorial Day (Armenia)

National Concord Day (Niger)

1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.