Date of the day

, Belarusian writer and public figure

, died

Also on this day

1564

— troops of hetmans

and

defeated the Muscovite troops on the Chashnitsky fields near the town of Vula.

1586

- Nesvizh received Magdeburg rights.

Palace and park complex in Nyasvizh

1874

— 13 Unionist peasants from the village of Pratulin died while defending their church from being converted into an Orthodox church.

1913

— the first issue of the weekly Catholic newspaper "Biełarus" was published (published until August 1915).

The first editor was

.

1990

— the Supreme Council of the BSSR adopted the Law on Languages, declaring Belarusian the only state language in Belarus.

1992

— The Republic of Belarus established diplomatic relations with Portugal and Japan.

1994

—

was recalled from the position of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet.

They were born on this day

1907

-

, Orthodox priest, religious and public figure of the Belarusian emigration to the USA.

1908

-

, a Catholic nun, persecuted by the Soviet special services.

1908

—

, Belarusian graphic designer, theater artist.

Arranged performances in theaters named after Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas, made illustrations for the works of Kupala and Tyotka.

1918

—

, Belarusian writer and journalist, author of documentary stories and essays about the anti-fascist struggle ("Ruins shoot at point blank range", "Roads crossed in Minsk", etc.), laureate of the Ya. Kolas literary prize.

1947

-

, Belarusian actress, People's Artist of Belarus, since 1969 an actress of the Ya. Kolas National Academic Drama Theater.

1961

-

, a famous Canadian hockey player, whose ancestors came from Belarus.

1988

-

, Maidan activist, hero of the Heavenly Hundred.

He died in 2014 during the clashes on Hrushevsky Street in Kyiv, when he received a gunshot wound to the heart.

Michal Zhyzniewski

In memory

1823

-

, an English doctor who created a smallpox vaccine.

2003

— U

, musician, composer, founder and artistic director of the Pesnyari ensemble, People's Artist of Belarus and the USSR.

The grave of Vladimir Mulyavin at the Eastern cemetery

2006 -

, Gulag prisoner, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s - the beginning of the 21st century.