Events & Holidays In February - 17
Friday, 26 July 2024
National Public Science Day (United States of America)
Random Acts of Kindness Day (United States of America)
National Public Science Day (United States of America)
Random Acts of Kindness Day (United States of America)
1444 On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1581 On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1583 On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1646 On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.
1667 Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.
0440 On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots
0956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.
1339 On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
1371 Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.
1596 Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1609 On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)