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  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.  

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  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on this day in history.  

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

1588  On this day in history death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist  

1642  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66  

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

1674  On this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)  

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