Events & Holidays In April - 18
Friday, 17 May 2024
Dybbøldagen (Slaget ved Dybbøl) - Official Flag Day (Denmark)
Health Day (Kiribati)
Independence Day (Zimbabwe)
Paul Revere Day (United States of America)
Dybbøldagen (Slaget ved Dybbøl) - Official Flag Day (Denmark)
Health Day (Kiribati)
Independence Day (Zimbabwe)
Paul Revere Day (United States of America)
1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.
1521 On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
1580 On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.
1590 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1605 Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.
1732 On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder
0680 On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies
1161 On this day in history death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
1504 Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.
1530 Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.
1552 John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.
1556 On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
1558 On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent
1567 On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63