Events & Holidays In August - 12
Saturday, 27 July 2024
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 On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)
1566 On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
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 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.
1629 On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)
1644 On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
0030 On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)
0875 On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50
1158 On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies
1350 On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies
1424 Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.
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.