Events & Holidays In August - 21
Friday, 26 July 2024
Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco)
Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco)
1165 On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
1535 On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
1567 On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1597 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.
1642 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.
1665 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.
1131 On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
1157 On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
1190 On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1245 On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
1271 Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.
1516 On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
1581 On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
1614 Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.