Events & Holidays In November - 12

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

National Memorial Day (Liberia)

Santa Cruz Massacre (East Timor)

1493  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

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

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

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

1651  On this day in history birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)   

1676  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

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

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on this day in history.   

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

1094  On this day in history death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)   

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

1434  On this day in history death of king Louis III of Naples   

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

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