Events & Holidays In November - 28

Independence Day (Albania Mauritania Palau)

Independence day (from Spain) (Panama)

Republic Day (Burundi Chad)

Separation from Spain (Palau)

1118  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on this day in history.   

1489  On this day in history birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

1598  On this day in history birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  On this day in history birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1058  On this day in history kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

1170  On this day in history death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

1262  On this day in history shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  On this day in history death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  On this day in history death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

1514  On this day in history hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on this day in history.