Events & Holidays In October - 07

Goodwill Day (Namibia)

Merchant Holiday (Antigua & Barbuda)

Our Lady of the Rosary (Spain)

Virgen del Rosario (Spain)

1573  On this day in history birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)  

1576  On this day in history birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)  

1577  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop  

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.  

1698  On this day in history birth of henri Madin, composer  

1713  On this day in history birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)  

1728  On this day in history birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on this day in history.  

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

0336  On this day in history marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies  

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on this day in history.  

1368  On this day in history death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)  

1488  Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

1553  Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on this day in history.  

1555  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on this day in history.  

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on this day in history.