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  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)  

1559  On this day in history birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect  

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

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  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  On this day in history death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint  

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

1015  On this day in history lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65  

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)