Events & Holidays In November - 21

Saint Archangel Michailo (Serbia)

St. Thomas Day (Sao Tome & Principe)

Transitional Government Day (Sao Tome & Principe)

World Television Day (International)

1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on this day in history.  

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history birth of anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)  

1637  Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) was born on this day in history.  

1645  Johann Lohner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1683  Johann Michael Muller, composer was born on this day in history.  

1692  On this day in history birth of carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet  

1694  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

0496  On this day in history death of pope Gelasius I  

1361  Death of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) on this day in history.  

1481  Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 on this day in history.  

1555  Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1566  Death of Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) on this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history death of thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier  

1580  On this day in history death of willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed  

1610  On this day in history benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies