Events on Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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
Historical events on November 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 November 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 November 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
Events on Nov 10
- 0461St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0911Conrad I elecect German King
- 1444Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders
- 1544Antwerps Painter John Matsys banished
- 1567Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs. Huguenots
- 1584Willem Louis of Nassau appointed Viceroy of Friesland
- 1630Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France
- 1674Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English
- 1687Pope Innocent XI publishes decree Coelestis pastor
- 1697English parliament accept army reduction
- 1775Congress forms US Marine Corps
- 1785Netherlands and France signs treaty
- 1793France ends forced worship of God
- 1801Kentucky outlaws dueling
- 1808Osage Treaty signed
- 1834HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso
- 1836Louis Napoleon banished to America
- 1864Austrian Archduke Maximilian became Emperor of Mexico
- 1866Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada
- 1871Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa
- 1883Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship
- 1891Granville T Woods patents electric railway
- 18921st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5
- 1894Fred Lugard signs accord with King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki
- 1898Race riot in Wilmington NC (8 blacks killed)
- 1905Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
- 19081st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room
- 1911Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly & charitable works)
- 1911Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath)
- 191741 suffragists are arrested in front of White House
Born on Nov 10
- 1433Charles of Charolais [the Bold]: Duke of Burgundy / polyglot
- 1483Martin Luther: Eisleben, Germany -- Founded Protestantism
- 1566Robert Devereux: 2nd Earl of Essex / cousin / lover of Elizabeth I
- 1577Jacob Cats [Father Cats]: Dutch grand pensionary / poet (Houwelyck)
- 1636Francesco Passarini: Composer
- 1668Francois Couperin: Paris, France -- Composer / Organist (Concerts Royaux)
- 1679Johann Christian Schieferdecker: Composer
- 1694Jean-Laurent Krafft: Composer
- 1704Carlo Zuccari: Composer
- 1719Georg Philipp Kress: Composer
- 1730Oliver Goldsmith: Ireland -- Novelist / dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer)
- 1759Frederich von Schiller: Germany -- Poet / lyricist (Ode to Joy)
- 1772Jan Nepomuk Kanka: Composer
- 1786Carl Eberwein: Composer
- 1793Jared Kirtland: United States -- Physician / naturalist / reformed penitentiaries
- 1811Louis Kufferath: Composer
- 1819Cyrus West Field: Financier / success of 1st transatlantic cable
- 1827Alfred Howe Terry: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
- 1830Albert Gallatin Jenkins: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 1833Dobri Voynikov: Composer
- 1834Wager Swayne: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
- 1844John S D Thompson: (C), 4th Prime Minister of Canada (1892-94)
- 1846Martin Wegelius: Finnish musicologist / composer
- 1846Paul Kuczynski: Composer
- 1855Josiah Royce: United States -- Philosopher (conception of God)
- 1861Robert T A Innes: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Astronomer (Proxima Centauri)
- 1864Alexandre Levy: Composer
- 1873Henri Rabnaud: Paris, France -- Composer (Le Premer Glaire)
- 1875Maude Eburne: Canada -- Actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman)
- 1879Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: United States -- Poet (Gen William Booth enters Heaven)
Died on Nov 10
- 0461Leo I the Great: Italian Pope (440-61)
- 1241Celestine IV [Goffredo Castiglioni]: Pope (1241, 16 days)
- 1285Pedro III: King of Aragon
- 1299Jan I: Count of Holland / Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15
- 1444Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk: King of Poland / Hungary, dies in battle at 20
- 1549Paul III [Alessandro Farnese]: Italian Pope (1534-49), dies at 81
- 1665Samuel Friedrich Capricornus: Composer, dies at 36
- 1670Geory Horn [Hornius]: Theologist / historian, dies at about 50
- 1673Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki: King of Poland (16..-73)
- 1779Joseph Hewes: US Merchant / signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49
- 1821Andreas J Romberg: German violinist / Composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54
- 1865Henry Wards: Confederate prison supt, executed for excessive cruelty
- 1891JN Arthur Rimbaud: Poet / arms Merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37
- 1909Ludvig Schytte: Composer, dies at 61
- 1937Nikolai Batalov: Actor (Mother), dies at 37
- 1940Arthur Neville Chamberlain: British Premier (1937-40), dies at 71
- 1948Julius Curtius: German Foreign Minister (1929- ), dies at 71
- 1954Hussein Fatemi: Iran Foreign minister, executed
- 1959Lupino Lane: Actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67
- 1960Isadore Freed: Composer, dies at 60
- 1963Otto Flake: Writer
- 1968Gerald Mohr: Actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54
- 1970Charles DeGaulle: General / President France (Free French), dies at 79
- 1971Walter Van Tilburg Clark: US Author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
- 1978Linda Scott: Actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28
- 1978Theo Lingen: Actor (Grosse Gluck), dies at 75
- 1979Friedrich Thorberg: Writer, dies at 71
- 1982Elio Petri: Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53
- 1982Leonid Ilich Brezhnev: Soviet 1st Secretary, dies of a heart attack at 77
- 1984Sudie Bond: Actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment