Events & Holidays In October - 26
Friday, 26 April 2024
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 Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.
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 Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.
1609 William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.
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 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.
1132 Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.
1235 On this day in history andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies
1440 On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
1576 Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.
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.