Events & Holidays In January - 19
Thursday, 28 March 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 On this day in history birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.
1613 On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer
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 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history.
0639 Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on this day in history.
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 Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on this day in history.
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.