Historical Events In November - 10
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
0461 St Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0461 Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies 

0627 Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury 

0901 Adelaide of Paris, Queen of Western Francia 

0911 Conrad I elecect German King 

1241 Celestine IV, [Goffredo Castiglioni], Pope (1241, 16 days), dies. 

1285 Pedro III, king of Aragon, dies 

1299 Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15 

1433 Charles of Charolais, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy/polyglot 

1444 Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 

1444 Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20 

1467 Charles of Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen [or Nov 9]. 

1483 Martin Luther, German religious reformer is born. 

1483 Martin Luther, Eisleben Germany, founded Protestantism 

1526 John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary. 

1544 Antwerps painter John Matsys banished 

1549 Paul III, [Alessandro Farnese], Italian Pope (1534-49), dies at 81. 

1556 Russian treasure ship Edward Bonaventure, carrying Ivan the Terrible's ambassador to Elizabeth 1 of England, was wrecked off Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire. 

1556 Richard Chancellor, English explorer, dies in shipwreck off Scotland 

1565 Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I 

1567 Battle at St-Denis: French govt army vs Huguenots. 

1577 Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary/poet (Houwelyck). 

1584 Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland. 

1617 Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer 

1619 René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on inaugural Philosophy 

1630 Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France. 

1636 Francesco Passarini, composer. 

1665 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer, dies at 36. 

1668 Francois Couperin, Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux) 

1670 Geory Horn, [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50 

1673 Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies 

1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English. 

1679 Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer 

1683 George II [August], king of England (1727-60) 

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