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  On this day in history birth of yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)   

1507  Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium) was born on this day in history.   

1562  Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia) was born on this day in history.   

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

1638  Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1697  Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood) was born on this day in history.   

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

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