Events & Holidays In October - 09

Army & Navy Day (Azerbaijan)

Columbus Day (Dominican Republic)

Dia de Communidad (Spain)

Han'Gul / Korean Alphabet Day (South Korea)

Independence Day (Uganda)

Independence of Guayaquil Day (Ecuador)

Leif Erikson Day (United States of America)

National Dignity Day (Peru)

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on this day in history.   

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1047  On this day in history clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1273  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  On this day in history death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)