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

Historical events on November 13

• 0866Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
• 1002English King Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers
• 1511England signs on to the Saint League
• 1553English Lady Jane Grey / Bishop Cranmer accused of high treason
• 1565Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei
• 1642Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs. English parliament
• 1673Prince Willem III / Raimundo Earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn
• 1715Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish Earl of Mar
• 1715Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders
• 1781English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon
• 1789Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
• 1830Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides"
• 18391st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in New York
• 1843Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
• 1849Peter Burnett elected 1st Governor of California
• 18511st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange"
• 1851Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
• 1854"New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
• 18651st US gold certificates issued
• 1865US issues 1st gold certificates
• 1868American Philological Association organized in New York
• 1875Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
• 1875National Bowling Association organized in New York City
• 1885Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
• 18951st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
• 1906C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland
• 1907French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
• 1909259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry, Illinois
• 1909Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
• 19131st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob

Born on November 13

• 1312Edward III: King of England (1327-77, raped Countess of Salisbury)
• 1504Philip the Generous: Landgrave of Hesse
• 1559Albrecht / Albertus: Archduke of Austria / Cardinal / Viceroy of Portugal
• 1663Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow: Composer
• 1699Jan Zach: Composer
• 1718Anton Laube: Composer
• 1759Timothy Olmstead: Composer
• 1789Martin de Ron: Composer
• 1792Edward John Trelawney: England, United Kingdom -- Traveler / author (Adv of Younger Son)
• 1804Theophilus Hunter Holmes: Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
• 1809John AB Dahlgren: US Union Lieutenant Admiral / inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon)
• 1811Yuri Arnold: Composer
• 1813John Wolcott Phelps: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
• 1813Peter II Petrovic Njegos: Poet / ruler of Montenegro (1830-51)
• 1814Joseph Hooker: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
• 1819Henry Brinley Richards: Pianist / composer
• 1831James Maxwell: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Physicist (Treatise on Electricity)
• 1833Edwin Thomas Booth: United States -- US Hall of Fame / actor (Hamlet)
• 1834Ignacio M Altamirano: Mexican author (El Zarco)
• 1838Joseph F Smith: 6th President of Mormon church
• 1848Albert HK: Monarch of Monaco (1889-1922)
• 1854George Whitfield Chadwick: Lowell, Massachusetts -- Composer (Judi Van Winke)
• 1856Louis D Brandeis: Massachusetts, United States -- 68th Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)
• 1856Sigwart Aspestrand: Composer
• 1868Pierre Maurice: Composer
• 1875Rogelio del Villar: Composer
• 1878John C Kielstra: Dutch economist / Governor of Suriname (1933-44)
• 1879Maurice Delage: Composer
• 1882John Lowry: Mount Vernon, New York -- Builder (Radio City Music Hall)
• 1885Montague Fawcett Phillips: Composer

Died on November 13

• 1004Abbo van Fleury [Floriacensis]: French abbott / saint
• 1093Edward Macduncan: Scot crown prince / Son of Malcolm II, dies in battle
• 1093Malcolm III MacDuncan: King of Scotland, dies in battle
• 1319Erik VI Menved: King of Denmark (1286-1319)
• 1359Ivan II: Great ruler of Moscow and Vladimir
• 1460Henry the Navigator: Prince of Portugal, dies at 66
• 1687Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn: Mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 37
• 1689Philipp von Zesen: German Poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
• 1770George Grenville: British Premier (1763-65) / Stamp Act, dies at 58
• 1771Conrad E Ackermann: German actor / theater director, dies at 61
• 1779Thomas Chippendale: English furniture maker, dies at 61
• 1849William Etty: English Painter (nudist), dies at 62
• 1862Ludwig Uhland: Writer, dies at 75
• 1863Carnot Posey: Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 50
• 1868Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini: Composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
• 1877Pietro Coppola: Composer, dies at 83
• 1896Antonio Pena y Goni: Composer, dies at 50
• 1903Wilhelm von Polenz: German Author (Country of Zukunft)
• 1909Aeneas Mackay: Dutch Internal Minister (ARP) / Colonization, dies at 70
• 1916Frederik Septimus Kelly: Composer, dies at 35
• 1917Emile Durkheim: French sociologist (Le suicide)
• 1918Marten Baersma [MH Bottema]: Fries author, dies at 28
• 1928Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski: Polish / German orientalist, dies at 60
• 1939George Nicholls, Jr.: Actor (Finishing School), dies at 42
• 1942Daniel J Callaghan: US spy (at Guadalcanal)
• 1942Douglas H Fox: US captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
• 1942Norman Scott: US Admiral (at Guadalcanal)
• 1944Paul Graener: Composer, dies at 72
• 1944Wang Tjing-Wei: Premier China (1932-35)
• 1951Hugo Leichtentritt: Composer, dies at 77

Events on Nov 14

• 1380King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
• 1550Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
• 1666Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
• 1675Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
• 1677Prince Willem III Henry marries English Princess Mary Stuart
• 1698Spanish King Carlos appoints grandson Prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
• 17321st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
• 1755Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State
• 1792Captain George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay
• 1833Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
• 1834William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
• 1851"Moby Dick, " by Herman Melville, published
• 1863Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
• 1863Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
• 1888St. Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
• 1888USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
• 1893Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt, " premieres in Berlin
• 1894Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
• 1896Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
• 1908Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light
• 19101st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Virginia
• 1914Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
• 1915Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
• 1918Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President
• 1919Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
• 1922BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
• 1922German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends
• 1927Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
• 1931Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England
• 1935FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth

Born on Nov 14

• 1511Janus Secundus: Neo latin poet (Basia)
• 1650Willem III Henry [Dutch William]: King of England (1689-1702)
• 1663Friederich Wilhelm Zachow: Composer
• 1679Omobono Stradivari: Italian violin maker / Son of Antonius
• 1719Johann Georg Leopold Mozart: Composer
• 1774Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini: Composer
• 1776Henri Dutrochet: Discovered and named process of osmosis
• 1778Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Composer
• 1796Carlo Conti: Composer
• 1797Charles Lyell: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Geologist (Principles of Geology)
• 1800Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn: Composer
• 1802August F Pott: German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
• 1805Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel: Composer
• 1814Michael Kelly Lawler: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
• 1816John Curwen: Composer
• 1822William Harrow: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
• 1823Robert J Fruin: Historian (80 year war)
• 1825August Reissmann: Composer
• 1827Isaac Wistar: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
• 1828James Birdseye MacPherson: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
• 1829Giulio Roberti: Composer
• 1833Antonius von der Linde: Netherlands -- German librarian / chess player
• 1838August Senoa: Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
• 1840Claude Monet: France -- Impressionist (Water Lilies)
• 1842Walter Williams: Claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
• 1845Johann Ernst Perabo: Composer
• 1861Frederick Jackson Turner: Wisconsin, United States -- Historian / educator (Harvard University)
• 1863Leo H A Baekeland: Belgian / US chemist (bakelite)
• 1875Jakob Schaffner: Switzerland -- Writer (Conrad Pilater)
• 1879Geoffrey Turton Shaw: Composer

Died on Nov 14

• 0563Justinianus: Co-Emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82
• 0784Alberik I: Bishop of Utrecht
• 1263Alexander Nevski [Aleksandr]: Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43
• 1359Gregorius Palamas: Byzantine mystic / Archbishop / saint
• 1522Anne de Beaujeu: Daughter of French King Louis XI, dies at 61
• 1589Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz / Bienewitz]: German geographer, dies at 58
• 1625Giulio C Procaccini: Italian Sculptor / painter
• 1673Michael Wisniowieki: King of Poland
• 1687Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn: English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37
• 1692Christoph Bernhard: German composer, dies at 64
• 1716Gottfried W Leibniz: German philosopher / theologist, dies at 70
• 1734Louise de Keroualle: English Duchess / mistress of King Charles II
• 1780Jacobus Houbraken: Engraver / illustrator, dies at 81
• 1794Pieter Nieuwland: Prodigy / "Dutch Newton", dies at 30
• 1804Agatha "Aagje" Blanket: Literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
• 1825Jean Paul: Writer, dies at 62
• 1831Ignaz Joseph Pleyel: Austrian Composer / piano builder, dies at 74
• 1832Charles Carroll: Large landowner / signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 95
• 1832Rasmus Rask: Danish language scholar, dies at 44
• 1841Thomas Bruce: Count of Elgin and Kincardine, British diplomat
• 1842Henry de Cock: Reform vicar, dies at 41
• 1844Flora Tristan: Writer, dies at 41
• 1860Feliks Ostrowski: Composer, dies at 58
• 1902Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff: Foreign minister
• 1906Hendrik J Schimmel: Author / dramatist
• 1908Kwang-siu: Emperor of China
• 1914Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts: Governor of Natal, dies at 82
• 1915Booker T Washington: Educator / organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee, Alabama
• 1915Theodor Leschetizky: Composer, dies at 85
• 1922Carl Michael Ziehrer: Composer, dies at 79