Page 2: Historical Events In November - 25

1758  Britain capture Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French   

1766  Pope Clement XIII warns On the dangers of anti-Christian writings   

1766  Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings   

1770  Explorer Samuel Hearne returns to Prince of Wales fort on Hudson Bay after failing to reach the Coppermine River.   

1773  Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66.   

1783  Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in US.   

1783  Britain evacuates NYC, their last military position in US   

1787  Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night).   

1792  Farmer's Almanac 1st published.   

1805  The opera "Tha‹s" 1st American performance.   

1805  Opera "Thaïs" 1st American performance.   

1815  Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70.   

1817  1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC).   

1823  Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910.   

1825  Edward Augustus Wild, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1826  The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the inaugural flagship of the Hellenic Navy.   

1828  Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician.   

1830  Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56   

1834  Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents.   

1834  Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer.   

1835  Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philantropist is born.   

1835  Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist.   

1839  A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300000 deaths result from the disaster   

1839  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer   

1840  Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement).   

1841  35 Amistad survivors return to Africa.   

1844  Karl Friedrich Benz, German engineer is born.   

1844  Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer (4-taktmotor)   

1846  Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers and drinkers   

1847  Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna).   

1852  Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria   

1854  John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60.   

1856  Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia).   

1862  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer   

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1454  Catherine cornaro: Queen of cyprus   

1501  Yi hwang: Confucian scholar   

1507  Joost de damhoudere: Flemish lawyer (praxis rerum criminalium)   

1562  Lope felix de vega: Madrid spain, dramatist/poet (angelica, arcadia)   

1577  Piet hein: Dutch naval commander and folk hero   

1638  Catherine of braganza: Queen of charles ii of england   

1697  Gerhard tersteegen: German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)   

1703  Jean-françois séguier: French astronomer and botanist   

0311  Peter of alexandria: Christian martyr   

0992  Mieszko i: Polish advisor to pope john xv,   

1034  King malcolm ii of scotland: King malcolm ii of scotland (b. 980)   

1120  Death of Countess of perche: Bastard daughter of english king henry i, drowns   

1185  Death of Lucius iii: [ubaldo allucingoli], italian pope (1181-85),   

1326  Death of Prince koreyasu: Japanese shogun (b. 1264)   

1374  Philip ii of taranto: Titular emperor of costantinople (b. 1329)   

1456  Death of Jacques coeur: French merchant/banker,