Events & Holidays In October - 12

Battle of Sarandi (Uruguay)

Columbus Day (Honduras Mexico Uruguay Venezuela)

Columbus Day (official) (Colombia)

Day of Liberation from the French (Laos)

Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) (International)

Discovery of America (Argentina)

Fair at McLean's Town (Bahamas)

Hispanic Day (Spain)

Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea)

National Day (Spain)

Nossa Senhora de Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida, Patron Saint of Brazil) (Brazil)

Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil)

Discovery Day (Bahamas)

1008  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

0638  On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  On this day in history johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history.   

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on this day in history.   

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies