Events & Holidays In December - 13
Friday, 09 May 2025
National Day (St. Lucia)
Republic Day (Malta)
St. Lucy's Day (Sweden)
National Day (St. Lucia)
Republic Day (Malta)
St. Lucy's Day (Sweden)
1521 On this day in history birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)
1533 On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)
1553 On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)
1585 William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.
1640 On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)
1662 On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
1678 On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
1720 On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)
0838 On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies
1048 Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1124 Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on this day in history.
1126 On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies
1204 On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1250 Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1404 On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74
1466 On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)