Page 2: Historical Events In November - 03

1711  Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60   

1716  Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom.   

1718  John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich)   

1736  Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer   

1752  Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation.   

1753  August G Meissner, German author.   

1760  Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria.   

1762  Spain acquires Louisiana   

1762  England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris   

1780  Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer.   

1781  Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer   

1783  Washington orders the Continental Army disbanded.   

1783  Washington orders Continental Army disbanded.   

1791  Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St Clair/killed 637 soldiers.   

1793  French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined   

1793  Stephen Fuller Austin, colonized Texas   

1794  French troops conquer Maastricht.   

1794  William Cullen Bryant, poet (Thanatopsis)   

1796  John Adams elected president   

1798  Mason James Murray, (Confederacy), died in 1871.   

1801  Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books   

1803  Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75.   

1812  Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma   

1813  US troops under gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala   

1815  Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer   

1816  Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General (Confederate Army), died in 1894.   

1818  Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1891.   

1820  Cuenca, Ecuador declares independence.   

1820  Cuenca Ecuador declares independence   

1826  Jasper Adalmorn Maltby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867   

1830  Esten Cooke, John (Confederate Army), died in 1886   

1832  Pietro Generali, composer, dies at 59.   

1833  Edward Dorr Tracy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1838  The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce   

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1470  Edward v: King of england (apr 9-jun 25 1483)   

1560  Annibale carracci: Italian painter   

1587  Samuel scheidt: Composer   

1604  Osman ii: Sultan of turkey (1618-22)   

1611  Henry ireton: English general/mp (edgehill)   

1618  Aurangzeb: [alamgir], emperor of india (1658-1707)   

1619  Willem kalf: Rotterdam neth, painter (still lifes)   

1621  Renatus rapinus: [rené rapin], french jesuit/poet (hortorum libri iv)   

0361  Flavius julius constantius ii: 1st byzantine emperor,   

1254  Johannes iii doukas vatatzes: Byzantine emperor (1222-54)/saint,   

1344  Death of Adolf van der mark: Prince-bishop of liege (1313-44),   

1378  Death of Jan ii: Ruler of polanen/leck/breda,   

1428  Thomas montacute: 4th earl of salisbury, english military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)   

1456  Edmund turdor: Earl of richmond,   

1580  Death of Jeronimo zurita y castro: Spanish historian (b. 1512)   

1584  Charles borromeo: Italian roman catholic cardinal (b. 1538)