Events & Holidays In August - 19

Apple Spas (Russia)

Birth of Crown Princess Mette Marit (Norway)

Day of the Failed August, 1991 Coup (Russia)

Independence Day (Afghanistan)

Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage (Montserrat)

National Aviation Day (United States of America)

Revolution of 1945 (Vietnam)

1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on this day in history.   

1398  On this day in history birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on this day in history.   

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I   

1596  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on this day in history.   

0472  On this day in history ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

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

1245  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)   

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on this day in history.   

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.   

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71