Famous Birthdays In November - 15
1498 Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
1556 Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
1559 Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo
1604 Davis Mell, composer
1607 Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
1619 Philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher
1640 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer
1660 Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)
1661 Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
1688 Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
1692 Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
1696 Gerhardus Havingha, composer
1705 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer
1708 William Pitt the Elder, (Whig) UK PM (1756-61, 66-68) `Great Commoner'
1731 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (John Gilpin) [OS]
1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer (discovered Uranus)
1741 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher
1746 Joseph Quesne, composer
1746 Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (d. 1809)
1755 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1757 Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830)
1774 William Horsley, composer
1775 Georges-Julien Sieber, composer
1784 Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (d. 1860)
1793 Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry)
1800 George Rodwell, composer
1814 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1815 John Banvard, NYC, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas)
1816 Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1840 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]
1859 Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
1862 Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer
1862 Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author (Before Dawn-Nobel 1912)
1872 Robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)
1874 Schack August Steenberg Krogh, Denmark, physiologist (Nobel-1920)
