Events & Holidays In January - 19
Saturday, 27 July 2024
Epiphany (Georgia)
Ethiopian Epiphany (Timket) (Ethiopia)
Epiphany (Georgia)
Ethiopian Epiphany (Timket) (Ethiopia)
0399 On this day in history birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on this day in history.
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.
1613 Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.
1639 On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
1676 On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.
1686 On this day in history birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
0639 On this day in history dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies
1479 On this day in history johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1526 On this day in history death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)
1547 Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on this day in history.
1549 On this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies
1576 On this day in history hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81
1591 Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1625 Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.