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.