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  On this day in history birth of catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)   

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

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

1692  Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet was born on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history birth of voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)   

0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61   

1566  On this day in history death of annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)   

1579  Death of Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier on this day in history.   

1580  Death of Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed on this day in history.   

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