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  On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

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  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.