Events & Holidays In January - 04

Day of Martyrs of the Colonial Repression (Angola)

Head of State's Birthday (Samoa)

Independence Day (Myanmar / Burma)

Martyrs of Independence Day (Zaire (Democratic Congo))

Trivia Day (United States of America)

World Braille Day (International)

1077  On this day in history birth of emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)   

1334  Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye was born on this day in history.   

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)   

1567  On this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect   

1579  On this day in history birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar   

1581  On this day in history birth of james Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)   

1604  On this day in history birth of jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)   

1643  On this day in history birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]   

0838  On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred   

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on this day in history.   

1428  Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)   

1584  On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44   

1612  On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62   

1678  On this day in history johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71   

1695  On this day in history duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies