Events & Holidays In January - 28
Friday, 26 July 2024
Democracy Day (Rwanda)
Democracy Day (Rwanda)
1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.
1312 On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
1457 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.
1540 Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.
1578 On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
1582 On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)
1600 On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)
1608 On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
0814 Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1061 Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.
1119 On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
1256 On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1271 Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.
1393 On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
1443 On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1528 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.