Historical Events In November - 21
Thursday, 26 March 2026
0235 In this year, St Anterus starts his reign as Catholic Pope 

0496 St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0496 Pope Gelasius I. 

0695 Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen 

1272 Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward is recorded as becoming King of England. 

1317 Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick is recorded as becoming bishop of Utrecht 

1481 Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87. 

1492 Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus's fleet. 

1495 John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan). 

1555 Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61. 

1561 Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author. 

1579 Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier 

1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed. 

1610 Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies 

1620 The Mayflower reaches Cap Cod. 

1620 Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass. 

1637 Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) 

1645 Johann Lohner, composer 

1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 

1683 Johann Michael Muller, composer 

1692 Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet. 

1694 Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778). 

1695 Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36. 

1696 J Vanbrughes "Relapse or Virtue in Danger," premieres in London 

1710 Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72. 

1724 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 

1728 Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57 

1729 Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville. 

1729 Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence) 

1730 François de Troy, French portrait artist. 

1742 Alessandro Felici, composer 

1759 Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians. 

1768 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher. 

1775 John Hill, British writer. 

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