Events & Holidays In December - 11
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Proclamation of the Republic (Burkina Faso)
Proclamation of the Republic (Burkina Faso)
1465 Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.
1475 On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)
1475 Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.
1566 Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer
1709 On this day in history birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
1712 On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)
1725 On this day in history birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
0384 On this day in history death of pope Damasus I
0711 On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42
1121 On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
1226 Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.
1282 On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies
1282 Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on this day in history.
1524 On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake
1532 Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.