A day in history

1434

- in Troki, Grand Duke

issued a great Zemstvo privilege, which equalized the rights of Catholics and Orthodox.

- King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

granted Pruzhan the Magdeburg right and coat of arms.

Pruzhan palace of the 19th century

1686

- the Eternal Peace was signed between the Moscow State and the Commonwealth of Nations.

This treaty ended the war between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had been going on since 1654.

- the world's first postage stamps went on sale in Great Britain.

1945

- during the Second World War, Soviet troops launched the Prague offensive operation.

— during his visit to Syria, Pope

became the first pontiff to visit the mosque.

They were born on this day

1700

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, priest-professor, religious leader of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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poet.

Pavlyuk Trus

1905

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, Belarusian translator, critic, poet and director.

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, social girl and chairman of the Belarusian Language Society in Vilnius.

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, Belarusian statesman, Prime Minister of Belarus in 2010–2014.

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, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1997 to 2007.

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, artist, writer, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s - beginning

XXI century.

Oleg Oblazhey

1956

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, Belarusian journalist and publicist.

Member of the Union of Belarusian Writers, the Belarusian PEN Center and the Belarusian Association of Journalists, journalist of Radio Svaboda.

1983

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, Belarusian singer.

In memory

1859

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, a German scientist and encyclopedist, the founder of the geography of vegetation.

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, Belarusian Orthodox churchman, historian, publicist.

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, Belarusian public and political figure, consul of the BNR.

Mykola Vershinin

1992

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, German and American film actress and singer.

Marlene Dietrich

1996

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, engineer, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1980s and 1990s.