Events & Holidays In September - 23

Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)

Independence Day (Armenia)

National Day (Saudi Arabia)

Shubun no Hi / Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)

1158  On this day in history birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)  

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)  

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.  

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)  

1555  On this day in history birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher  

1598  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)  

0079  Death of Pope Linus on this day in history.  

0775  On this day in history constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies  

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.  

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on this day in history.  

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)  

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.  

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on this day in history.