Today in Scholar History
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Writer
Historical Events
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0030-04-07 - Scholars' estimate Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem
1140-06-03 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
1355-02-10 - The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
1397-04-17 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury starts.
1536-12-22 - English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
1593-01-27 - Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
1600-02-08 - Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
1902-04-04 - Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
1911-11-10 - Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly & charitable works)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 167
0130-09-22 - Claudius Galenus, Italian physician/scholar
0702-04-20 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)
0810-07-20 - Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)
0810-07-21 - Imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870)
1263-01-22 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)
1459-02-01 - Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)
1463-02-24 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist
1466-10-26 - Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)
1484-04-23 - Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
1501-11-25 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1509-08-03 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
1513-12-23 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
1514-06-16 - John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
1515-09-08 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)
1532-12-26 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
1533-08-02 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
1536-12-26 - Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
1539-11-01 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
1545-03-02 - Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar
1558-10-12 - Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
1559-02-18 - Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
1576-05-27 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
1580-06-09 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
1582-11-27 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
1584-12-16 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)
1599-08-14 - Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
1600-02-02 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1607-11-26 - John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ
1610-12-18 - Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist
1611-09-08 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
1612-08-28 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
1613-08-15 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1620-02-15 - Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist
1620-12-18 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)
1630-11-24 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632-01-29 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
1636-11-11 - Yen Jo-chu, Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty
1639-02-06 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)
1649-06-13 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
1651-04-06 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
1654-01-10 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
1655-09-19 - Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1662-01-27 - Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist
1666-08-13 - William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1668-11-11 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736)
1672-08-02 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
1676-10-08 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)
1684-01-01 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
1684-03-19 - Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
1687-06-24 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
1691-04-09 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
1701-08-04 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)
1704-04-10 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1704-06-22 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1711-10-31 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)
1711-11-19 - Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet
1716-12-25 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
1718-04-04 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
1730-03-27 - Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786)
1736-06-05 - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp
1748-04-27 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
1757-02-06 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
1781-06-05 - Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
1781-11-29 - Andres Bello, Venezuela poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas)
1787-12-22 - Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar
1794-04-23 - Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
1800-08-22 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
1810-03-27 - William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (d. 1886)
1810-04-11 - Henry Rawlinson, English scholar (d. 1895)
1813-04-23 - Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)
1815-01-18 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
1819-04-28 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
1820-08-13 - George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer
1823-02-28 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
1824-02-26 - Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
1825-07-31 - William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
1838-07-06 - Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)
1839-01-11 - Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar
1844-05-17 - Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
1847-12-07 - Solomon Schechter, US Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader
1853-09-23 - Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar
1853-12-06 - Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931)
1860-03-27 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924)
1862-08-01 - Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor
1863-12-13 - Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar
1866-01-02 - Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
1866-04-01 - Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar/teacher/social activist
1866-06-13 - Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Trade scholarship)
1870-02-20 - Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)
1870-04-20 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961)
1870-07-16 - Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956)
1870-12-18 - D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar
1871-10-09 - Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar.
1872-04-14 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
1873-02-23 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)
1875-03-04 - Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar/interpreter
1877-04-14 - Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar
1881-02-14 - William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud)
1885-06-20 - Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
1887-09-01 - Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 100 of 184
0309-02-16 - Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded
0804-05-19 - Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
0869-02-14 - Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827)
0910-12-23 - Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
1003-05-12 - Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
1054-09-24 - Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
1072-09-22 - Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)
1160-05-03 - Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)
1204-12-13 - Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1245-08-21 - Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
1253-10-09 - Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78
1270-04-05 - Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies
1275-01-06 - Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
1295-04-25 - Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies
1508-02-04 - Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459)
1522-02-25 - William Lilye, English classical scholar
1524-12-20 - Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician
1540-08-23 - Guillaume Budé, French scholar
1546-02-18 - Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62
1546-08-03 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
1557-09-13 - John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (b. 1514)
1558-11-17 - Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58
1565-06-12 - Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (b. 1512)
1576-02-10 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
1577-08-12 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)
1581-11-07 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
1585-02-06 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
1585-02-13 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (b. 1515)
1588-03-10 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)
1591-08-23 - Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies
1596-02-17 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
1596-11-01 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
1607-05-21 - John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
1612-07-29 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1612-08-04 - Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)
1614-07-01 - Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)
1615-02-04 - Giovanni Battista della Porta, Italian scholar, polymath and child prodogy (b. 1535)
1616-10-17 - John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)
1618-10-29 - Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason
1649-03-19 - Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
1649-11-19 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b. 1576)
1651-10-07 - Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)
1651-12-14 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)
1653-07-10 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
1654-11-30 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
1655-02-25 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
1656-02-20 - James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76
1661-11-29 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
1668-06-20 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1671-07-14 - Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)
1671-12-28 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
1672-04-22 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73
1672-09-12 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
1691-07-30 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
1692-07-23 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
1695-09-12 - Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
1703-01-11 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1706-01-21 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
1712-08-03 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
1718-07-28 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630)
1719-11-26 - John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
1720-08-17 - Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1722-09-18 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
1723-08-17 - Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
1727-02-13 - William Wotton, English scholar (b. 1666)
1729-09-03 - Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1733-06-23 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
1736-04-30 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
1740-10-05 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
1741-03-31 - Pieter Burmann the Elder, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1668)
1742-07-14 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (b. 1662)
1747-12-02 - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
1748-01-16 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
1752-11-05 - Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
1757-01-19 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
1757-03-08 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)
1761-08-03 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
1763-07-31 - James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies
1764-09-26 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)
1765-04-15 - Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
1766-04-04 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
1766-05-05 - Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
1766-09-13 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
1767-03-20 - Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87
1776-07-07 - Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
1778-02-20 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)
1783-09-18 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (b. 1718)
1785-01-19 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
1787-04-01 - Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)
1789-04-07 - Peter Camper, anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66
1798-08-21 - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
1807-01-12 - Joan Lucaz, Dutch scholar/journalist/patriot, dies at 60
1808-09-25 - Richard Porson, scholar, dies
1832-03-04 - Jean-François Champollion, French scholar (b. 1790)
1832-11-14 - Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
1833-04-06 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748)
1864-03-27 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800)
1865-03-27 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)
1865-09-30 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (b. 1800)
1866-08-06 - John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
