Events & Holidays In November - 28

Independence Day (Albania Mauritania Palau)

Independence day (from Spain) (Panama)

Republic Day (Burundi Chad)

Separation from Spain (Palau)

1118  On this day in history birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)  

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.  

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)  

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on this day in history.  

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.  

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.  

0741  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies  

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on this day in history.  

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.  

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on this day in history.  

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on this day in history.  

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on this day in history.  

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded