Events & Holidays In August - 12
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
Arequipa Week (Peru)
Defense Forces Day (Zimbabwe)
International Youth Day (International)
Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage (Montserrat)
Queen's Birthday (Thailand)
Arequipa Week (Peru)
Defense Forces Day (Zimbabwe)
International Youth Day (International)
Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage (Montserrat)
Queen's Birthday (Thailand)
1503 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.
1566 Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.
1592 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.
1604 Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.
1620 On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
1626 On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer
1629 Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.
1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.
0030 Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.
0875 On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50
1158 Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.
1350 On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies
1424 On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)
1484 On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1546 On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1577 Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.