Events & Holidays In November - 28

Independence Day (Albania Mauritania Palau)

Independence day (from Spain) (Panama)

Republic Day (Burundi Chad)

Separation from Spain (Palau)

1118  On this day in history birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

1489  On this day in history birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  On this day in history birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.   

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]   

0741  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on this day in history.   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.   

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on this day in history.   

1290  On this day in history death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on this day in history.   

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on this day in history.   

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on this day in history.