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
Historical events on November 11
- 0537St. Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0887Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns
- 1158Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy
- 1208Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German King
- 12154th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
- 1417Oddo Colonna elected as Pope Martinus V
- 1493Columbus discovers Saba
- 1503Pope Julius II elected
- 1606Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok
- 162041 pilgrims land in Mass, sign Mayflower Compact (just & equal laws)
- 1640John Pym, Earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London
- 1647Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law
- 1648Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands
- 1671Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine
- 1714A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
- 1745Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England
- 1752Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna
- 1778Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
- 1790Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
- 1811Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
- 1813Dresden surrenders to allied armies
- 1836Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru
- 1838Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal
- 1851Alvan Clark patents telescope
- 18601st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
- 1862Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
- 1864Skirmish at Shoal Creek, Alabama
- 1865Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
- 1865Thomas Robertsons "Society, " premieres in London
- 18681st American amateur track and field meet (NYC)
Born on November 11
- 1154Sancho I: King of Portugal (1185-1211)
- 1155Alfonso VIII [the Noble One]: King of Castilia
- 1523Joachim Hopperus [Hoppers]: Frisian lawyer / politician
- 1579Frans Snyders: Flemish animal painter
- 1599Ottavio Piccolomini: Italian / Spanish marshal
- 1633George Savile: 1st Marquis of Halifax / author (Character of a Trimmer)
- 1657Guido Starhemberg: Austria -- Earl / Field Marshal (Turkish Wars)
- 1679Firmin Abauzit: French huguenot / Scientist
- 1688Lorenzo Somis: Composer
- 1690Gerhard Hoffmann: Composer
- 1696Andrea Zani: Composer
- 1722Johann Philipp Sack: Composer
- 1724Willem A Alting: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1780-97)
- 1731Carl Joseph Toeschi: Composer
- 1736Johann H Schepp: German / Netherlands engraver
- 1744Abigail Smith Adams: 2nd 1st lady (1797-1801)
- 1767Bernhard Romberg: German cellist / composer / royal chaplain bandmaster
- 1771Ephraim McDowell: Surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery)
- 1788Michal Wielhorski: Composer
- 1811Ben McCulloch: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
- 1821F M Dostojewski: Writer
- 1821Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky: Russia -- Novelist (Crime & Punishment)
- 1832Paolo Giorza: Composer
- 1836Thomas Bailey Aldrich: United States -- Author / editor (Story of a Bad Boy)
- 1864Alfred Hermann Fried: Germany -- Pacifist (Nobel 1911)
- 1868Edouard Vuillard: French painter / graphic artist
- 1869Victor Emmanuel III: King of Italy (1900-46) / Ethiopia
- 1883Ernest Ansermet: Vevey, Switzerland -- Conductor (Ruilles de Printemps)
- 1885George S Patton: US General (Sicily / Italy / Normandy) "Old Blood and Guts"
- 1887Roland Young: London, England
Died on November 11
- 0307Flavius Valerius Severus: Compassionate Emperor of Rome (306-07)
- 0397Martinus: (St Maarten), Roman Bishop of Tours, dies at about 81
- 0826Theodorus Studites: Byzantine Theologist / Poet / saint
- 1150Hartbert: Bishop of Utrecht (1140-50)
- 1331Stefanus VIII Uros III Decanski: King of Serbia (1322-31)
- 1528Lucas van Prague: Czech leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68
- 1638Cornelis Cornelisz: "of Haarlem", painter, dies at about 76
- 1641Ferdinand van Austrian: Cardinal of Spain
- 1755Johan van de Bergh: Leids regent, dies at 91
- 1772John Mauritius Quinkhard: Portrait painter, dies at 84
- 1810Johann Zoffany: Painter, dies at 77
- 1895Julius Tausch: Composer, dies at 68
- 1901Antonio Zamara: Composer, dies at 72
- 1907Henry Gadsby: Composer, dies at 64
- 1912Jose Canalejas Y Mendez: Premier Spain, murdered
- 1912Joseph Wieniawski: Composer, dies at 75
- 1917Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
- 1918Victor Adler: Austrian neurologist / foreign minister
- 1929Mieczyslaw Soltys: Composer, dies at 66
- 1936Edward German: Composer, dies at 74
- 1942Anton H Blaauw: Botanist (Perception of the Lichtes), dies at 60
- 1942Hector Abbas: Actor / director (Rosa Lynd Company), dies at 58
- 1945Jerome Kern: US Composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies at 60
- 1947Martin Dibelius: German Theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
- 1954John Rosamund Johnson: Composer, dies at 81
- 1955John Loudon: Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18), dies at 87
- 1956Victor Young: Orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
- 1962Joseph Allen, Jr.: Actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44
- 1964Edward Steuermann: Composer, dies at 72
- 1964H[enry] Beam Piper: United States -- Sci-fi Author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60
Events on Nov 12
- 0295Origin of Era of Ascension
- 0607Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0954Lotharius becomes King of France
- 1591Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza
- 1614Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends
- 1673Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn
- 1682Swedish King Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy
- 1727France and Bavaria renew secret treaty
- 1775General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks
- 1813Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth
- 1823Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens
- 1859Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name
- 1873Bay District Race Track opens
- 1885Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
- 1892Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football
- 1892Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player
- 1899British troops reach Durban Natal
- 19101st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
- 1914Turks Sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war
- 1915Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago
- 1915Theodore W Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry
- 1918Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a Republic
- 1919Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
- 1920Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
- 1921Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
- 1923In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power November 8
- 1924Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in Chevron
- 1925US and Italy sign peace accord about war debts
- 19271st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens
- 1927Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed Dictator
Born on Nov 12
- 1676Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo: Composer
- 1755Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst: Prussia Military / Minister of War (1807-10)
- 1757Jacobus Bellamy [Zelandus]: Zealand poet
- 1790Letitia Christian Tyler: 1st Wife of President Tyler
- 1815Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Johnstown, New York -- Suffragist (80 Years & More)
- 1817Carlo Pedrotti: Composer
- 1817Martin Gustav Nottebohm: Composer
- 1827Gustav Adolf Merkel: Composer
- 1831Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun: Austria -- Botanist
- 1833Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin: Russia -- Composer (Robert LeDiable)
- 1840Auguste Rodin: France -- Sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)
- 1841John W Rayleigh: England, United Kingdom -- Physicist (Nobel 1904) / Cambridge (1908-14)
- 1844Octave Fouque: Composer
- 1853Oskar Panizza: Writer
- 1858Alexis Contant: Composer
- 1865Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot: Flemish operetta actor (Paljas)
- 1866Sun Yat-sen: Father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
- 1886L G Kortenhorst: Politician
- 1886Leonardus G Kortenhorst: Dutch MP (KVP)
- 1889DeWitt Wallace: St. Paul, Minnesota -- Publisher (founded Readers Digest -1921)
- 1903Jack Oakie: Sedalia, Missouri -- Actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award)
- 1905Solon Michaelides: Composer
- 1908Hans Werner Richter: German author (Socially Responsible Cinema)
- 1908Harry A Blackmun: Illinois, United States -- 100th Supreme Court Justice (1970-94)
- 1908Shamus Culhane: Animator
- 1911Luc Estang [Lucien Bastard]: French writer (Stigmates)
- 1911William Thomas Pennar Davies: Poet author / Theologian
- 1912Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans: NFL fullback (New York Giants)
- 1914Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx: Dutch theologist
- 1914Roberto Cavanagh: Argentina -- Polo (1936 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
Died on Nov 12
- 0607Boniface III: Italian Pope (607)
- 1035Canute "The Great": King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41
- 1035Knut II [the Great]: Viking King of Engl / Den / Nor (1014-35), dies at 39
- 1202Knut VI: King of the Denen / Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39
- 1555Stephen Gardiner: English Bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65
- 1558Shalom Shakna ben Joseph: Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva)
- 1567Anne Pierre Adrien Duke of Montmorency: Marshal of France, dies at 74
- 1595John Hawkins: English navigator / treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63
- 1600Andreas of Austrian: Land Guardian of the Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42
- 1606Matthaus Ludecus: Composer, dies at 79
- 1671Thomas: 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, English General, dies at 59
- 1722Adriaen van der Werff: Dutch Painter / engraver / architect, dies at 63
- 1739Ludwig Ernst: Composer, dies at 71
- 1754Jacob de Wit: Amsterdam Painter / decorater, dies at 58
- 1802Charles van Poucke: Flemish sculptor, dies at 62
- 1823Emmanuel Aloys Forster: Composer, dies at 75
- 1852Georg Hellmesberger: Composer, dies at 22
- 1869Gheorghe Asachi: Author / humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia)
- 1893Alexander Freiherr von Bach: Premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80
- 1896Spyridon Xyndas: Composer, dies at 84
- 1912Jose Canalejas bon Mendez: Premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58
- 1921Fernand Khnopff: Belgian Painter / sculptor, dies at 63
- 1925Roman Statkowski: Composer, dies at 65
- 1939(Ernest YY) Oscar Tourniaire: Actor (Bluejackets), dies at 59
- 1940Alejandro Garcia Caturla: Composer, dies at 34
- 1941Abe "Kid Twist" Reles: New York gangster / police informer, killed
- 1944Edgar Stillman Kelley: US Composer (Gulliver), dies at 87
- 1944George D Birkhoff: US Mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
- 1944Roy Agnew: Composer, dies at 51
- 1947Emmuska Orczy: British Author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82