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  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  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  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

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