Events & Holidays In October - 02

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

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (India)

Republic Day (Guinea)

World Farm Animals Day (International)

1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on this day in history.   

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  On this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on this day in history.