Events & Holidays In February - 06

Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)

New Zealand Day (New Zealand)

Sami National Day (Finland Norway Sweden)

Waitangi Day (New Zealand Niue)

1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.   

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.   

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

0743  On this day in history hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1140  On this day in history thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.   

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on this day in history.