Events & Holidays In January - 12

Arbor Day (Jordan)

Commemoration or Remembrance Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Geok-Tepe) (Turkmenistan)

National Pharmacist Day (United States of America)

Stephen Foster Memorial Day (United States of America)

Youth Day (India)

Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63