0498 On this day in history anastasius II, Pope (496-9)8 (Dante Inferno XI, 8-9), dies
1272 On this day in history david of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies
1316 On this day in history jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies
1389 On this day in history dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39
1472 On this day in history joannes/Basilius Bessarion, archbishop of Nicaea, dies
1478 On this day in history death of emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
1492 On this day in history death of jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
1495 Alfonso II, king of Naples (1494-95), dies on this day in history.