Events & Holidays In November - 25

Anniversary of Moquegua (Peru)

Independence Day (Suriname)

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (International)

Mangé Yam (fête de la moisson) (Haiti)

National Day (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

National Statehood Day (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

St. Catherine's Day (France)

Thanksgiving Day (Palau)

1454  Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

1501  Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.  

1507  On this day in history birth of joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)  

1562  On this day in history birth of lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)  

1577  Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.  

1638  On this day in history birth of catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)  

1697  On this day in history birth of gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)  

1703  Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.  

0311  Death of Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr on this day in history.  

0992  Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies on this day in history.  

1034  Death of King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980) on this day in history.  

1120  Death of Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns on this day in history.  

1185  On this day in history lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies  

1326  Death of Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264) on this day in history.  

1374  Death of Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329) on this day in history.  

1456  Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle on this day in history.