Events & Holidays In April - 27
Friday, 17 May 2024
Dan We Zo, alias St Louis Cleimeille (Haiti)
Day of Resistance (Slovenia)
Freedom Day (South Africa)
Horse Day (Turkmenistan)
Independence Day (Sierra Leone Togo)
Dan We Zo, alias St Louis Cleimeille (Haiti)
Day of Resistance (Slovenia)
Freedom Day (South Africa)
Horse Day (Turkmenistan)
Independence Day (Sierra Leone Togo)
1410 On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1495 On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
1623 On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer
1650 On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.
1707 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.
1718 Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.
1724 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
0630 On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia
1076 Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.
1124 On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies
1404 Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1521 Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.
1599 Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69
1613 Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.