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  Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium) was born on this day in history.  

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

1577  On this day in history birth of piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)  

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  On this day in history birth of jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)  

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  On this day in history death of king Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)  

1120  On this day in history death of countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns  

1185  Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies on this day in history.  

1326  On this day in history death of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)  

1374  On this day in history death of philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)  

1456  On this day in history jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle