Events & Holidays In November - 23

Kinro Kansha no Hi / Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan)

St. George of Iberia (Georgia)

1221  On this day in history birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)  

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)  

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)  

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.  

1616  On this day in history birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)  

1632  On this day in history birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)  

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)  

0615  Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies on this day in history.  

0947  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria  

0955  On this day in history death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)  

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on this day in history.  

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on this day in history.  

1457  On this day in history ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17  

1499  On this day in history death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged  

1503  On this day in history death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)