Events & Holidays In October - 01

International Day for the Elderly (International)

International Music Day (International)

International Raccoon Appreciation Day (International)

National Day (China Hong Kong)

National Day of the People's Republic of China (Macau)

P.R. China's Birthday (China)

Stone Fishing Ceremony (French Polynesia)

Tuvalu Day (Independence Day) (Tuvalu)

Unification Day (Cameroon)

Independence Day (Cyprus Nigeria Palau)

1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)   

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on this day in history.   

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history.   

0540  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0552  On this day in history teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on this day in history.   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.   

1310  On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)