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  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  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  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  On this day in history death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

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  On this day in history hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

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