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  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)  

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)  

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  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered  

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on this day in history.  

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

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies  

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.