Historical Events In November - 21
Monday, 09 February 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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