Events & Holidays In January - 28
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Democracy Day (Rwanda)
Democracy Day (Rwanda)
1225 On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
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 On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1578 Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.
1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.
1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
0814 On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1061 On this day in history death of duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
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 Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.
1443 On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1528 On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies