Events & Holidays In February - 06
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)
New Zealand Day (New Zealand)
Sami National Day (Finland Norway Sweden)
Waitangi Day (New Zealand Niue)
Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)
New Zealand Day (New Zealand)
Sami National Day (Finland Norway Sweden)
Waitangi Day (New Zealand Niue)
1461 On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet 

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

1577 On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) 

1608 On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher 

1611 On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) 

1612 Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history. 

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 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on this day in history. 

0891 On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies 

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 John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1515 Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history. 

1585 On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) 

1593 On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) 
