Events & Holidays In September - 12

National Day (Cape Verde Islands)

1492  On this day in history birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

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  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

1605  On this day in history birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

1655  On this day in history birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1012  On this day in history guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

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  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

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