Historical Events In November - 12
Monday, 16 February 2026
0295 Origin of Era of Ascension 

0607 Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0607 Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies. 

0764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days 

0954 Lotharius is recorded as becoming king of France. 

1028 Future Byzantine empress Zoe marries Romanus Argyrus according to the wishes of the dying Constantine VIII. 

1035 King Canute dies at Shaftesbury at age 39 His four sons are unable to control England, and Norway breaks away from Denmark 

1035 Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41. 

1202 Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 

1434 King Louis III of Naples. 

1439 Plymouth, England, is recorded as becoming the inaugural town incorporated by Parliament. 

1439 Plymouth, England, is recorded as becoming the inaugural town incorporated by the English Parliament. 

1555 The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism 

1555 Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65. 

1558 Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies. 

1567 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 

1591 Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza 

1595 John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63. 

1600 Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42 

1606 Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79. 

1614 Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends 

1651 Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) 

1660 John Bunyan an English Baptist minister is jailed for preaching without a licence. 

1671 Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59 

1673 Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn 

1676 Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer 

1682 Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy. 

1722 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63. 

1727 France and Bavaria renew secret treaty 

1739 Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71. 

1748 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) 

1754 Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58 

1755 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10) 

1757 Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet 

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