Events & Holidays In December - 28
Friday, 26 April 2024
Holy Innocents' Day (Mexico)
Holy Innocents' Day (Mexico)
1164 On this day in history birth of emperor RokujÅ of Japan (d. 1176)
1484 Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.
1522 Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.
1619 Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.
1631 On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist
1635 Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.
1655 On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)
1665 On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
0300 On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
1367 On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
1446 Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.
1503 Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.
1542 On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52
1622 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1663 Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.
1671 Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.