Events & Holidays In October - 26

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  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

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  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.  

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.  

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  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on this day in history.  

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.  

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.  

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.  

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)