Events & Holidays In March - 24
Monday, 06 May 2024
Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
1188 On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
1441 On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)
1494 Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.
1607 Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.
1628 Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.
1630 Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.
1657 On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
1693 John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.
0809 Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1284 Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.
1381 On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint
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 On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies