Events & Holidays In December - 19
Friday, 25 October 2024
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Separation Day (Anguilla)
St. Nicholas Day (Orthodox) (Ukraine)
Sveti Nikola (Serbia)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Separation Day (Anguilla)
St. Nicholas Day (Orthodox) (Ukraine)
Sveti Nikola (Serbia)
1036 Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.
1498 On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist
1554 On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
1676 On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist
1683 On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1699 William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.
1714 On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
1723 Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.
0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.
1075 Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.
1327 Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.
1370 Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.
1614 Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1737 Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.
1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.
1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.