Events & Holidays In June - 20
Monday, 11 December 2023
Martyr's Day (Eritrea)
World Refugee Day (International)
Martyr's Day (Eritrea)
World Refugee Day (International)
1005 On this day in history birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 On this day in history birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on this day in history.
1583 On this day in history birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1585 On this day in history birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer
1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on this day in history.
1634 On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)
1642 On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)
0451 Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on this day in history.
0840 On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies
0885 On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
1585 On this day in history christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52
1597 On this day in history willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies
1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.
1668 Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on this day in history.
1751 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 on this day in history.