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  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.   

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   

1839  inaugural opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks   

1839  1st opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks   

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

1456  Death of Edmund turdor: Earl of richmond,   

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

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