Events & Holidays In October - 03

Day of the Francisco Morazan (Honduras)

Foundation day (National) (South Korea)

Unity Day (National) (Germany)

World Temperance Day (International)

1573  On this day in history birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist  

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on this day in history.  

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1647  On this day in history birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer  

1647  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer  

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on this day in history.  

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)  

0695  On this day in history death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered  

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on this day in history.  

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.  

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on this day in history.  

1564  On this day in history death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned  

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)  

1611  On this day in history death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)