Aloysius Lilius

Aloysius Lilius

male, deceased (1576)
Astronomer, Luigi Giglio, Aluise Lilio, Aloisius Lilius, craters of the Moon named after them, Luigi Lilio…gregoriancalendar, reform to the calendar, Calendar Reform
Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510-1576), also Luigi Lilio or Luigi Giglio (or "Aluise Lilio" or "Aloisius Lilius"), was an Italian doctor, astronomer,...
Christopher Clavius

Christopher Clavius

male, deceased (1612)
Astronomer, mathematician, German, Jesuit, new year, missionary…gregoriancalendar
Christopher Clavius, (March 25, 1538 - February 12, 1612) was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who was the main architect of the modern...
William Lilly

William Lilly

male, deceased (1681)
writer, Astrologer, From Leicestershire, Great Fire of London, astrological charts, classical education…gregoriancalendar, julian calendar
William Lilly (May 1 (O.S.)/May 11 (N.S.), 1602 – June 9, 1681), was a famed English astrologer and occultist during his time. Lilly was pa...
John Hancock

John Hancock

male, deceased (1793)
Massachusetts colonial, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, signature, Second Continental Congress, Founding Fathers of the United States, President of the Continental Congress…julian calendar, gregoriancalendar
John Hancock (January 12, 1737 <small>(O.S.)</small&gt; - October 8, 1793 <small>(N.S.)</small&gt;) was President of the Second Continental Congress and...

Teresa Of Ávila

female, deceased (1582)
Renewers of the church, julian, julian calendar, gregoriancalendar, Carmelite spirituality, Doctor of the Church
Saint Teresa of Ávila (March 28, 1515 – October 4, 1582) was a major figure of the Catholic Reformation as a prominent Spanish mystic and writer and...
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

male, deceased (1943)
Russian-American, Romantic music, Classical composer, Classical pianist, rachmaninov, Russian…gregoriancalendar, julian calendar
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff ("Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov", 1 April, 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) - 28 March 1943) was a Russian c...
Otto von Guericke

Otto von Guericke

male, deceased (1686)
From magdeburg, gregoriancalendar, inventor, German, Walhalla enshrinee, German nobility…julian calendar
Otto von Guericke (originally spelled "Gericke") (November 20, 1602 - May 11, 1686 (Julian calendar); November 30, 1602 - May 21, 1686 (Gregorian...
J. Eric S. Thompson

J. Eric S. Thompson

male, deceased (1975)
Archaeologist, belize, calendar, chichen itza, gregoriancalendar, ethnology…Maya calendar
Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson (31 December, 1898 - 9 September, 1975) was an English archeologist and Mayanist epigrapher, regarded as the...
Immanuel Velikovsky

Immanuel Velikovsky

male, deceased (1979)
pseudoscientist, dark age, belarusian, Psychoanalyst, Pseudoscience, Psychiatrist…gregoriancalendar
Immanuel Velikovsky (June 10, 1895 (NS) - November 17, 1979) is best known as the author of a number of controversial books on prehistory, in...

Mattathias

male
seleucid, 1 Maccabees, Kohen, Antiochus IV, 2 Maccabees, Amidah…Hebrew calendar, gregoriancalendar
Mattathias was a Jewish priest depicted in the Books of the Maccabees, and the father of Judah Maccabee, the leader of the Maccabees. Mattathias...