Events & Holidays In December - 20
Saturday, 09 December 2023
Day of Mourning (Panama)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Louisiana Purchase Day (United States of America)
Day of Mourning (Panama)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Louisiana Purchase Day (United States of America)
1494 Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.
1537 On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1539 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.
1566 On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
1579 On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)
1594 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.
1606 Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.
1626 Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.
0069 Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.
0217 Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.
0860 On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex
0910 On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies
1022 On this day in history death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
1073 Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.
1355 Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.
1494 Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.