Events & Holidays In November - 12

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

National Memorial Day (Liberia)

Santa Cruz Massacre (East Timor)

1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

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  On this day in history death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)   

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  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74