Events on Nov 7
- 06803rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens
- 0921Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other
- 1519University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther
- 1558French King Henri II occupies Calais
- 1581Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed
- 1597Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
- 1631Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
- 1637Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic
- 1651King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age
- 1659Peace of Pyreneeen: French King Louis XIV and Spanish King Philip IV
- 16651st edition of "London Gazette"
- 1667Jean Racines "Andromaque, " premieres in Paris
- 1733France and Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty
- 1747Organgist in the Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap
- 1775Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
- 1794French troops conquer Nijmegen
- 1805Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean
- 1811Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan
- 18141st sitting of States-general in Hague
- 1820James Monroe elected 5th US President
- 1824St. Petersburg flood
- 1831State Gran Colombia disbands
- 1848General Zachary Taylor elected as President of US
- 1861Battle of Belmont, Missouri
- 1861Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard)
- 18642nd session of Congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
- 1865London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded
- 1872Mary Celeste sails from New York to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later
- 1872US cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month
- 18741st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
Born on Nov 7
- 0994Muhammad ibn Hazm: Historian / jurist / author of Islamic Spain
- 1656Walraad the Younger: Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler / gov of Nimegen
- 1692Johannes G Schnabel: German author / surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
- 1706Carlo Cecere: Composer
- 1758Edouard viscount de Walckiers: Netherlands
- 1786Francisco Andrevi y Castellar: Composer
- 1797Silas Horton Stringham: Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876
- 1806August Friedrich Pott: Composer
- 1810Fritz Reuter: Writer
- 1811Karel J Erben: Czechoslovakia -- Poet (Bouquet)
- 1822Edouard Gregoir: Composer
- 1828Ludwig Deppe: Composer
- 1832Andrew Dickson White: Educator / 1st President of Cornell
- 1839Henry Holmes: Composer
- 1846Ignaz Brull: Composer
- 1852Bohdan Borkowski: Composer
- 1855Edwin H Hall: US physicist (Hall effect)
- 1856Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin: Vilna -- Tied for chess 1st place (1878)
- 1866Carl Emil Paul Lincke: Composer
- 1866Paul Lincke: German composer / conductor / publisher (Frau Luna)
- 1867Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie: Discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
- 1876Culbert Olson: Fillmore, Utah -- (Gov-D-California)
- 1877Henry Balfour Gardiner: Composer
- 1878Lise Meitner: Austrian / Swedish physicist (Protactinium)
- 1879Eugeen Yoors: Flemish etcher / glass painter
- 1883Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux: Newport New, Virginia -- TV preacher
- 1886Aaron Nimzowitsch: Latvian chess player (openings theorist)
- 1888Chandrasekhara Raman: India -- Physicist (Nobel 1930)
- 1889George Davis: Netherlands -- Actor (Devil May Care)
- 1895Jakob Kaplan: French head rabbi (1955-81)
Died on Nov 7
- 0739Willibrord [Clemens]: 1st Bishop of Utrecht / Saint 695-739, dies at 81
- 1225Engelbert I [the Saint]: Archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
- 1560Peter S Lotichius [Peter Lotz]: German Poet (Opera omnia)
- 1573Solomon Luria (Maharshal): Talmudic Author (Yam Shel Shelomo)
- 1633Cornelis Drebbel: Physicist / chemist / inventor (submarine)
- 1639William Cobbold: Composer, dies at 79
- 1678Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien]: Flemish Painter / etcher, dies at 70
- 1708Ludolf Backhuysen: Dutch seascape Painter / cartoonist, dies at 76
- 1723Godfrey Kneller: English Painter (74-77)
- 1802Johann Georg Joseph Spangler: Composer, dies at 50
- 1817Francesco Pasquale Ricci: Composer, dies at 85
- 1827Bartolomeo Campagnoli: Ital violinist / Composer / conductor, dies at 76
- 1837Elijah P Lovejoy: Publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34
- 1857Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner: Composer, dies at 62
- 1859Carl Gottlieb Reissiger: Composer, dies at 61
- 1876Albertus C van Raalte: Dutch / US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65
- 1880Carl Friedrich Weitzmann: Composer, dies at 72
- 1893Constantly Lievens: Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37
- 1901Li Hung-Tshang: Chinese rebel leader / Viceroy of Tsheli
- 1913Alfred R Wallace: British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?)
- 1919Hugo Haase: German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
- 1935Lidj Jasu: Emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39
- 1938Earnest von Rath: German antifascist / diplomat, murdered
- 1941Albin Zollinger: Swiss Poet / Author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
- 1943Dwight Frye: Actor (Vampire Bat, Dracula), dies at 44
- 1944Richard Sorge & Ozaki: Spies, hanged in Tokyo
- 1956Una Mae Carlisle: US pianist / singer, dies at 40
- 1959Victor McLaglen: Actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72
- 1960Alvin Carter: Vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
- 1961Antonius F "Anton" Coolen: Author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64
Historical events on November 8
- 0392Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion, state religion
- 0618St. Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0911Duke Koenraad I chosen German King
- 1322Pope John XXII names John van Diest, Bishop of Utrecht
- 1575French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty
- 1576Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant
- 1598Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem
- 1620Battle of White Mountain, Prague
- 1638Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts
- 1658Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
- 1701William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges
- 1731In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st US library
- 1734Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Freemasons Lodge
- 1789Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)
- 1793Louvre in Paris, opens
- 1805Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean
- 1833Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die
- 1837Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women
- 1842Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
- 1861Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky
- 1861US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent
- 1864Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as President
- 1870Democratic Governor elected in Tennessee
- 1883English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage)
- 1889Montana admitted as 41st state
- 1892Grover Cleveland (D) elected President
- 1895Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays
- 1904President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
- 19101st Washington State election in which women could vote
- 1917Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants
Born on November 8
- 1572Johan Sigismund: Elector of Brandenburg / Duke of Prussia
- 1590Francesco Gonzaga: Composer
- 1592Domenico Mazzocchi: Composer
- 1622Karl X Gustaf: King of Sweden (1654-60)
- 1647Pierre Bayle: French / Netherlands theologist / philosopher / writer
- 1693Leonhard Trautsch: Composer
- 1715Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern: Wife of Frederik II "the Great"
- 1760Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael: South Netherlands Earl / General
- 1770Friedrich Witt: Composer
- 1785Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner: Composer
- 1814Girolamo / Jeromin de Rada: Albanian poet (Skanderbeku)
- 1817Claudius Wistar Sears: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
- 1817Theodoor J Canneel: Flemish painter
- 1829Samuel Wylie Crawford: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
- 1830Oliver Otis Howard: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
- 1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton: English under King of India
- 1848Gottlob Frege: Germany -- Mathematician / logician (Begriffsschrift)
- 1849Edward Julius Biedermann: Composer
- 1867Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn: Composer
- 1876Frank L Gillespie: Arkansas, United States -- Founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
- 1878Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor: World champion cyclist (1899)
- 1879King Baggot I: St. Louis, Missouri -- Director (Tumbleweeds)
- 1882Lazare Saminsky: Composer
- 1883Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: London, England -- Composer (Farewell My Youth)
- 1883Ethel Clayton: Missouri, United States -- Actress (Hotel Continental)
- 1887Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin: Composer
- 1888David Monrad Johansen: Composer
- 1893John Miljan: Lead City, South Dakota -- Actor (Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox)
- 1895Hermann Schey: German / Netherlands singer
- 1896Bucky Harris: Baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
Died on November 8
- 0397Martin of Tours [St Martin]: Bishop of Tours
- 0618Deusdedit / Adeodatus I: Italian Pope (615-18)
- 1226Louis VIII [the Lion]: King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
- 1228Dirk I: Ruler of Heinsberg / Valkenburg
- 1308Duns Scotus: Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
- 1494Melozzo da Forli: Italian painter, dies at about 56
- 1517Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros: Cardinal / Chancellor of Castilia
- 1578Johann Walter: Composer, dies at 51
- 1590Joost Jansz Bilhamer: Master builder / cartographer, dies at about 49
- 1595Peter Opmeer: Church Historian / humanist, dies at 69
- 1638Johann H Alsted: German Theologist / philosopher, dies at 50
- 1658Pieter Florisz: Dutch Admiral, dies in battle at about 50
- 1658Witte de With: Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 59
- 1674John Milton: English Poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65
- 1694Ulrik Huber: Frisian lawyer / law Historian / polemist, dies at 58
- 1757Pierre Prowo: Composer, dies at 60
- 1811Charles F Bentinck: Dutch Minister of Colonies, dies at 47
- 1817Andrea Appiana: Italian royal Painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
- 1833Maximilian Stadler: Composer, dies at 85
- 1873Manuel Breton de los Herreros: Spanish Poet / comic playwright, dies at 76
- 1880Jacob Edvard Gille: Composer, dies at 66
- 1885Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan]: Dutch humorist / author, dies at 71
- 1886Frederick J "Fred" Archer: English jockey, commits suicide at 29
- 1908Victorien Sardou: French opera Author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
- 1909Charles Bordes: Composer, dies at 46
- 1909Eduard de Hartog: Composer, dies at 80
- 1920Abraham Kuyper: Clergyman / Dutch Premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83
- 1920Salomon Anski: Russian / Polish yiddish Author (Dibboek), dies at 57
- 1924Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov: Composer, dies at 64
- 1928Mauritz Stiller: Swedish actor / director (Streets of sin), dies at 45
Events on Nov 9
- 0694Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems / sentenced to slavery
- 1492Peace of Etaples (Henry VII & Charles VIII)
- 1520Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles
- 1526Jews are expelled from Pressburg Hungary by Maria of Hapsburg
- 1541Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower
- 1569Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland
- 1580Spanish troops lands in Ireland
- 1673British King Charles II fires Earl of Shaftesbury
- 1681Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion
- 1720Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire
- 1729Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville
- 1794Russian troops occupy Warsaw
- 1799Napoleon becomes Dictator (1st consul) of France
- 18211st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia
- 1848Post office at Clay and Pike opens
- 1853Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun
- 1857Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published
- 18581st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra
- 18611st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto)
- 1861Battle of Piketon, Kentucky
- 1862US Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him
- 18641st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country
- 1864Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"
- 1865Confederate General Lee surrenders to Union General Grant at Appomattox
- 1872Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston
- 1877American Chemical Society chartered in New York
- 1885Opera "Ermine, " premieres in London
- 1899Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack
- 19041st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes
- 1905Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
Born on Nov 9
- 1414Albrecht III Achilles: Elector of Brandenburg
- 1541Menso Alting: Dutch reformed vicar / theologist
- 1656Paul Aler: French Jesuit / poet (Gradus ad Parnassum)
- 1664Johannes Speth: Composer
- 1697Claudio Casciolini: Composer
- 1710Reynier de Klerk: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies
- 1731Benjamin Banneker: Ellicott, Maryland -- Black mathematician / surveyor (Washington, DC)
- 1760Henri-Philippe Gerard: Composer
- 1795Walter Geikie: Scottish painter
- 1802Elijah P Lovejoy: American newspaper publisher / abolitionist
- 1809Albert Taylor Bledsoe: Confederate States Assistant Secretary of War, died in 1877
- 1810Thomas Bragg: Attorney General (Confederacy), died in 1872
- 1812Paul Abadie: French master builder (renovated Notre Dame)
- 1817Edward Richard Sprigg Canby: Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1820Matthias de Vries: Dutch linguist (spelling)
- 1821Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin: Composer
- 1823William Henry Forney: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
- 1825Ambrose Powell Hill: Lieutenant General (Confederate 3rd Army Corp), died in 1865
- 1835Davorin Jenko: Composer
- 1835Emile Gaboriau: Author (father of French detective novels)
- 1835Jean-Theodore Radoux: Composer
- 1837Alfred Holmes: Composer
- 1837Gerrit Jan van Heek: Textile factory / politician
- 1841[Albert] Edward VII: King of England (1901-10)
- 1850Lewis Lewin: Germany -- Toxicologist / father of psychopharmacologist
- 1854Joseph Miroslav Weber: Composer
- 1868Emmanuel K de Bom: Flemish author (Wrakken)
- 1869Marie Dressler [Leila M Koerber]: Cobourg, Ontario -- Actress (Caught Short)
- 1871Florence Sabin: Scientist / 1st woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins
- 1877Allama Iqbal: Pakistani poet / philosopher
Died on Nov 9
- 0959Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus: Byzantine Emperor (913-59)
- 1580Gaspar Schetz: South Netherlands, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67
- 1623William Camden: English historian: Brittania / Annales, dies at 72
- 1677Aert van der Neer: Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 73
- 1754Johann Christoph Fravenholtz: Composer, dies at 70
- 1778Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Italian etcher, dies at 58
- 1801Carl Philipp Stamitz: Composer, dies at 56
- 1829Jean Xavier Lefevre: Composer, dies at 66
- 1848Robert Blum: German MP (Liberal), executed
- 1862John Bordenave Villepigue: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 32
- 1874Israel Bak: Created 1st Hebrew printing press
- 1897Moritz Heuzenroeder: Composer, dies at 48
- 1911Edmund Schuecker: Composer, dies at 50
- 1918Guillaume Apollinaire [Kostrowitsky]: Fr Poet (Alcools), dies at 38
- 1927Ole Olsen: Composer, dies at 77
- 1932Nadya Aliluieva: Wife of Joseph Stalin, dies at 30
- 1939Dirk Klop: Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr
- 1942Edna May Oliver: Dies on 59th birthday
- 1943Bernhard Lichtenberg: German clergyman / antifascist, dies at 67
- 1948Edgar Kennedy: Actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58
- 1951Resurreccion Maria de Azkue: Composer, dies at 87
- 1951Sigmund Romberg: Hungarian / US Composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64
- 1952Chaim Weizmann: Bio-chemist / 1st President Israel, dies at 77
- 1953Dylan Thomas: Author-poet (Adventures in the Skin Trade), dies in New York at 39
- 1955Tom Powers: Actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
- 1959Frederick Preston Search: Composer, dies at 70
- 1967Charles Bickford: Actor (Johnny Belinda, Virginian), dies at 78
- 1968Jan Johansson: Composer, dies at 37
- 1970William L Dawson: (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84
- 1971Maude Fealy: Drama coach, dies at 90