Events & Holidays In May - 14
Monday, 05 June 2023
Unification & Integration Day (Liberia)
Unification & Integration Day (Liberia)
1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.
1316 On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
1652 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
1666 On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.
1699 On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
0347 On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
0649 Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.
0964 John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.
1470 Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.
1565 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.
1574 Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.
1608 Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.
1610 Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.