Events & Holidays In October - 26
Friday, 04 July 2025
Angam Day (Nauru)
Armed Forces Day (Benin Rwanda)
National Day (Austria)
St. Demetrius Day (Bulgaria)
Angam Day (Nauru)
Armed Forces Day (Benin Rwanda)
National Day (Austria)
St. Demetrius Day (Bulgaria)
1427 On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
1466 On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)
1473 On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
1483 On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer
1491 On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1609 On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
1645 On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)
1673 On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)
0899 On this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies
1132 On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered
1235 On this day in history andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies
1440 Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.
1576 On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies
1607 On this day in history philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52
1608 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.
1633 Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.