Events & Holidays In November - 12

Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday (Taiwan)

National Memorial Day (Liberia)

Santa Cruz Massacre (East Timor)

1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.  

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)  

1606  On this day in history birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)  

1615  On this day in history birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)  

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on this day in history.  

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)  

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies  

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on this day in history.  

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on this day in history.  

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on this day in history.  

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65  

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74