Events & Holidays In November - 12

Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday (Taiwan)

National Memorial Day (Liberia)

Santa Cruz Massacre (East Timor)

1493  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

1528  On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

1547  On this day in history birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)   

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

1651  On this day in history birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.   

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on this day in history.   

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.   

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.