Historical Events In November - 25
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0311 Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr. 

0992 Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies 

1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies. Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethóc and CrÃnán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. 

1120 English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm. 

1120 Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns. 

1165 RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht 

1177 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard 

1185 In this year, Umberto Crivelli adopts in place of Lucius III as Pope Urban III. 

1185 Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies. 

1277 Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III 

1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace 

1456 Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle 

1491 The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins 

1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus 

1507 Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium). 

1562 Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia). 

1640 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies 

1659 Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg 

1667 A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80000 people. 

1697 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood). 

1703 The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9000 people perish in the mighty gale. 

1715 The inaugural English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 

1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 

1721 Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies) 

1734 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer. 

1737 Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer 

1741 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer. 

1744 Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague 

1750 Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77. 

1752 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer. 

1753 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer. 

1755 King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection. 

1755 Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76. 

1758 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) 

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