Events & Holidays In December - 20
Monday, 29 May 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 On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
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 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.
1594 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
1606 On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer
1626 On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)
0069 On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered
0217 Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.
0860 Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.
0910 Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.
1022 Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.
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