A day in history
1434
- in Troki, Grand Duke
Zhygimont Keistutavich
issued a great Zemstvo privilege, which equalized the rights of Catholics and Orthodox.
1589
- King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sigismund Vasa
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.
1840
- 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.
2001
— during his visit to Syria, Pope
John Paul II
became the first pontiff to visit the mosque.
They were born on this day
1700
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Stanislav Karvatsky
, priest-professor, religious leader of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1904
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Pavliuk Trus,
poet.
Pavlyuk Trus
1905
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Yurka Gavruk
, Belarusian translator, critic, poet and director.
1943
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Maria Matusevich
, social girl and chairman of the Belarusian Language Society in Vilnius.
1950
—
Mikhail Myasnikovich
, Belarusian statesman, Prime Minister of Belarus in 2010–2014.
1953
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Tony Blair
, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1997 to 2007.
1954
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Oleg Oblazhey
, artist, writer, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s - beginning
XXI century.
Oleg Oblazhey
1956
—
Vitaly Taras
, 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
—
Oksana Kovalevskaya
, Belarusian singer.
In memory
1859
—
Alexander von Humboldt
, a German scientist and encyclopedist, the founder of the geography of vegetation.
1903
—
Alexander Stankevich
, Belarusian Orthodox churchman, historian, publicist.
1934
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Mykola Vershinin
, Belarusian public and political figure, consul of the BNR.
Mykola Vershinin
1992
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Marlene Dietrich
, German and American film actress and singer.
Marlene Dietrich
1996
—
Barys Rodzic
, engineer, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1980s and 1990s.