Events & Holidays In July - 02
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Flag Day (Curacao)
Salvation Army Founders Day (United States of America)
Flag Day (Curacao)
Salvation Army Founders Day (United States of America)
1029 On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) 

1262 On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) 

1363 Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history. 

1489 Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history. 

1492 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) 

1581 On this day in history birth of johann Staden, composer 

1589 Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history. 

1636 On this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer 

0783 On this day in history bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies 

0936 On this day in history henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies 

1298 On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 

1504 Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history. 

1566 Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history. 

1582 On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) 

1591 Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on this day in history. 

1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history. 
