2023-05-05 23:01:00
A day in history
1434 – the Grand Duke in Troki Zhygimont Keistutavich issued a great Zemstvo privilege, which equalized the rights of Catholics and Orthodox.
1589 – the Polish king and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Zygimont Vasa granted the Pruzhans the Magdeburg right and coat of arms.
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, the Soviet troops launched the Prague Offensive Operation.
2001 — during the Pope’s visit to Syria John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the mosque.
They were born on this day
1700 — Stanislav Karvatskypriest-professor, religious leader of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1904 — Pavlyuk Trus, the poet
1905 — Yurka GavrukBelarusian translator, critic, poet and director.
1943 — Maria Matusevichsocial worker and chairman of the Belarusian Language Society in Vilnius.
1950 — Mikhail MyasnikovichBelarusian statesman, Prime Minister of Belarus in 2010–2014.
1953 — Tony BlairPrime Minister of Great Britain from 1997 to 2007.
1954 — Oleg Oblazhey, artist, writer, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning XXI century.
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 KovalevskayaBelarusian singer.
In memory
1859 — Alexander von Humboldta German scientist-encyclopedist, the founder of the geography of vegetation.
1903 — Alexander StankevichBelarusian Orthodox church official, historian, publicist.
1934 — Mykola VershininBelarusian public and political figure, consul of the BNR.
1992 — Marlene Dytryx, German and American film actress and singer.
1996 — Boris Rodichengineer, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1980s and 1990s.
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