Events & Holidays In December - 20
Friday, 09 May 2025
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 On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.
1539 On this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer
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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
1606 On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer
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 On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus
0860 Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.
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 On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies
1355 Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.
1494 On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet