Events & Holidays In June - 20

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.