Events & Holidays In May - 29
Saturday, 16 January 2021
Anniversary of the death of President Ali Soilih (Comoros)
Reconciliation Week (Australia)
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Anniversary of the death of President Ali Soilih (Comoros)
Reconciliation Week (Australia)
1594 On this day in history birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
1627 Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) was born on this day in history.
1630 On this day in history birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)
1630 On this day in history birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)
1673 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on this day in history.
1675 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.
1716 Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist was born on this day in history.
1722 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
1259 On this day in history death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1379 On this day in history death of king Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
1405 Death of Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France on this day in history.
1425 On this day in history death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1500 On this day in history death of bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
1544 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on this day in history.
1546 Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on this day in history.