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