Events & Holidays In May - 12

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day (Australia)

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (United States of America)

International Midwives Day (Australia)

International Nurses Day (International)

Mangers pour divers loas (Haiti)

Nurse's Day (Australia)

St. Andrew's Day (Georgia)

1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.