Events & Holidays In April - 24
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Armenian Genocide Memorial Day (Armenia)
National Concord Day (Niger)
Armenian Genocide Memorial Day (Armenia)
National Concord Day (Niger)
1533 On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)
1538 On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer
1581 On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1594 Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.
1620 On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography
1660 On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1670 On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
1706 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.
0624 Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
0709 On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
0729 On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
1077 On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies
1185 On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns
1338 Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.
1530 On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered