Historical Events In November - 19
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0461 In this year, St Hilary starts his reign as Catholic Pope 

0498 Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0498 Anastasius II, Pope (496-9)8 (Dante Inferno XI, 8-9), dies. 

0615 Pope Deusdedit/Adeodatus I elected to succeed Boniface IV 

1272 David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies. 

1302 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree "Unam sanctam" 

1316 Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies. 

1367 League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV 

1389 Dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39 

1472 Joannes/Basilius Bessarion, archbishop of Nicaea, dies. 

1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico 

1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage. 

1495 Alfonso II, king of Naples (1494-95), dies. 

1521 Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 

1523 Giulio de' Medici chosen as Pope Clemens VII 

1530 Augsburg] Emperor Karel I enables Edict of Worms. 

1544 Pope Paul III opens council of Trente. 

1600 Charles I King of Great Britian is born at Dunfermline Scotland. 

1600 Charles I, king of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament. 

1607 Erasmus Quellinus II, [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher 

1616 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter. 

1620 Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast. 

1621 Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel 

1630 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44 

1644 inaugural Protestant ministry society in New England. 

1644 1st protestant ministry society in New England. 

1665 Nicholas Poussin, French painter, dies 

1692 Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies 

1700 Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians. 

1703 Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies. 

1709 Pierre Leclair, composer. 

1711 Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet. 

1719 Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 

1752 George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 

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