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

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

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.