Events & Holidays In January - 21
Friday, 26 July 2024
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Feast of our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic)
Saint Jovan (Serbia)
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Feast of our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic)
Saint Jovan (Serbia)
1337 On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1338 On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)
1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.
1721 James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.
1743 John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.
1746 On this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]
0304 On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.
0917 On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)
1118 On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1519 Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.
1527 On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)
1546 On this day in history death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
1596 On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66