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  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

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

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on this day in history.   

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

1640  On this day in history birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1058  On this day in history kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

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

1262  On this day in history shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on this day in history.   

1499  On this day in history death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

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

1545  On this day in history death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded