Events & Holidays In March - 24
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
1188 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.
1441 Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.
1494 Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.
1607 On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)
1628 On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)
1630 On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal
1657 On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
1693 On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
0809 On this day in history harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44
1284 On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus
1381 Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.
1396 On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic
1400 On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies
1455 On this day in history nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57
1471 Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1558 Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.