Events & Holidays In February - 24

Baire Proclamation (Cuba)

Día de la Bandera (Flag Day) (Mexico)

Independence Day (1918) (Estonia)

1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on this day in history.  

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on this day in history.  

1304  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?  

1463  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist  

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on this day in history.  

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)  

1536  On this day in history birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)  

1545  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)  

0616  On this day in history death of king Ethelbert of Kent  

1525  On this day in history death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier  

1563  On this day in history death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44  

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on this day in history.  

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77  

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)