Events & Holidays In September - 18

Independence Day (Chile)

Victory of Uprona (Burundi)

0053  Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117) was born on this day in history.  

1344  On this day in history birth of marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)  

1434  On this day in history birth of eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)  

1574  On this day in history birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet  

1587  Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640) was born on this day in history.  

1636  On this day in history birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer  

1676  On this day in history birth of eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)  

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer  

0031  On this day in history death of sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed  

0096  Domitian, Roman emperor, dies on this day in history.  

0887  On this day in history death of pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)  

0993  Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1137  On this day in history death of erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered  

1180  On this day in history louis VII, King of France, dies  

1261  Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1426  On this day in history hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies