Events & Holidays In March - 05
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Arrival of First Missionaries (French Polynesia)
Customs Chiefs Day (Vanuatu)
Missionary Day (French Polynesia)
National Tree Planting Day (Iran)
Arrival of First Missionaries (French Polynesia)
Customs Chiefs Day (Vanuatu)
Missionary Day (French Polynesia)
National Tree Planting Day (Iran)
1133 On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)
1326 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.
1512 On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1563 John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.
1574 On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1585 On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
1585 John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.
0254 On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
1291 On this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
1534 Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.
1539 On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
1561 Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1574 Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.
1576 Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1605 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.