CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. November
  4. 26
  5. Adrianus Johannes Simonis

Births on November 26

Adrianus Johannes Simonis
1931Nov, 26

Adrianus Johannes Simonis

Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch cardinal
Adrianus Johannes Simonis (26 November 1931 – 2 September 2020) was a Dutch cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983 to 2007, and was made a cardinal in 1985.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1931

  • 20Feb

    San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

    The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • 19Mar

    Nevada

    Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
  • 23Mar

    Indian independence movement

    Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian struggle for independence.
  • 1Oct

    Women's suffrage

    Spain adopts women's suffrage.
  • 7Nov

    October Revolution

    The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.