Events & Holidays In September - 12

National Day (Cape Verde Islands)

1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47) was born on this day in history.   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on this day in history.   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

0352  On this day in history maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on this day in history.   

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on this day in history.   

1213  On this day in history pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on this day in history.   

1369  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)