Events & Holidays In November - 02

All Souls` Day (International)

All Souls` Day (Western Christians) (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

All Souls` Day or Memorial Day (El Salvador)

Commemoration of the Dead (San Marino)

Day of the Dead (Macau Mexico New Zealand)

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Mexico)

Dsuady (Catholic Remembrance Day) (Belarus)

Señor de la Buena Muerte (Peru)

All Souls` Day (Fet le Mo) (St. Lucia)

1082  Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) was born on this day in history.  

1475  On this day in history birth of princess Anne of York (d. 1511)  

1528  On this day in history birth of peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)  

1636  Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.  

1667  James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.  

1692  Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1696  Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.  

1699  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)  

1083  On this day in history death of matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031)  

1171  Baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies on this day in history.  

1285  On this day in history death of king Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)  

1327  On this day in history death of king James II of Aragon (b. 1267)  

1483  On this day in history death of henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49  

1588  On this day in history wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63  

1610  Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568) on this day in history.