Date of the day

On October 2, 1323, the first written mention of Vilnius was recorded - in a letter, Grand Duke Gedimin of Lithuania

called

the city his "capital city".

Also on this day

1413 - the Horadel Union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was concluded with the Kingdom of Poland, which granted political rights to the Belarusian-Lithuanian nobility.

1523 - the Kraków printing house published a collection of Mykola Husowski

's "Song of the Bison" in Latin

, which consisted of a dedication to Queen

Bona Sforza

, a poem and 11 verses.

1870 - Rome became the capital of united Italy.

1930 — the first issue of the magazine "Belarusian Dumka" was printed in Hrodna.

1990 — the first issue of the newspaper of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus "Narodnaya Gazeta" was published.

They were born on this day

1819 —

Alexander Nezabytovsky

, Belarusian and Polish writer.

1828 -

Mikhail Kayalovich

, historian, public figure, one of the founders of the "Western Russianism" ideology.

1869 —

Mahatma Gandhi

, an ideologue and one of the leaders of the Indian national liberation movement.

1904 -

Graham Greene

, English writer, playwright and literary critic.

1951 -

Sting

, British rock musician.

1961 —

Siarhei Shupa

, Belarusian translator and journalist.

1965 -

Zmytser Sidarovich

, Belarusian musician, piper, leader of the band "Kamelot", author and singer of songs, collector of folklore, scientist.

He died on May 17, 2014.

In memory

1800 -

Matej Radzivil

, playwright, composer.

1892 -

Ernest Renan

, French writer, historian and philologist

1924 —

Aleksey Sapunov

, historian, archeographer, local historian.

1968 —

Alyaksei Glebau

, Belarusian sculptor.