Events & Holidays In November - 23

Kinro Kansha no Hi / Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan)

St. George of Iberia (Georgia)

1221  On this day in history birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.   

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)   

1669  On this day in history birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  On this day in history columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria   

0955  On this day in history death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1407  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  On this day in history ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on this day in history.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on this day in history.