Events on Nov 27
- 0399St. Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1095Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade
- 1237Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs. Lombardische steden
- 1382Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die)
- 1495Scottish King James IV receives bedrieger Perkin Warbeck
- 1582William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
- 1587Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break
- 1798Rabbi Shneur Zalman, Author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail
- 1815Cracow (Poland) declared a free Republic
- 1817US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
- 1826John Walker invents friction match in England
- 1839American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
- 1843Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
- 18642nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
- 1868Battle at Washita - General Custer defeats Cheyennes
- 1870New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
- 1877Burkina adopts its constitution
- 1885Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made
- 18891st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
- 18901st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation
- 1895Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
- 1896"Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt
- 1898Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die
- 1901Army War College forms in Washington DC
- 1901Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der rote Hahn, " premieres in Berlin
- 1903Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich)
- 1911Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
- 1912Albanian National Flag adopted
- 1912Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms
- 19141st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)
Born on Nov 27
- 1544Ascanio Trombeti: Composer
- 1563Robbert Robbertsz: (le Canu), nautical expert
- 1569Ottavio Vernizzi: Composer
- 1588Valerius Andreas [Walter Driessens]: Flemish historian
- 1595Alessandro Algardi: Italian sculptor / architect
- 1648Peter Codde: Roman Catholic Apostole Vicar (1688-1704)
- 1691Josef Antonin Planicky: Composer
- 1701Anders Celsius: Sweden -- Scientist / inventor (centigrade temp scale)
- 1731Gaetano Pugnani: Composer
- 1732Johann Joseph Emmert: Composer
- 1741Jean-Pierre Duport: Composer
- 1745Boniface Stoecki: Composer
- 1746Robert Livingston: Delivered oath of office to George Washington
- 1750Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz: Composer
- 1756Paul van Hemert: Dutch theologist / philosopher (Kant)
- 1759Franz Vinzenz Krommer: Composer
- 1775Joachim G le Sage ten Broek: Dutch notary / Catholic foreman / publicist
- 1778John Murray: Publisher
- 1787Christian Rummel: Composer
- 1787Jacob Earl van Rechteren van Appeltern: Governor of Gelderland
- 1801Alexander Egorovich Varlamov: Composer
- 1804Julius Benedict: Stuttgart, Germany -- Opera composer (Protoghesi)
- 1808Hugh Weedon Mercer: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
- 1809Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble: England, United Kingdom -- Shakespearian actress (Juliet)
- 1813Michele Puccini: Composer
- 1830Harrison Millard: Composer
- 1854Aloys L Earl von Aehrenthal: Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1867Margaret Ruthven Lang: Composer
- 1870Juho Kusti Paasikivi: President Finland
- 1874Chaim Weizmann: Israeli Statesman (1st President)
Died on Nov 27
- 0450Galla Placidia: Daughter of Byzant Emperor Constantius III, dies at 58
- 0640Acharius: Bishop of Noyon / saint
- 1026Adalbert II: Bishop of Utrecht (1010-26)
- 1382Philip Van Artevelde: Flemish commander-in-chief, dies in battle at 42
- 1474Guillaume Dufay: French / Flemish composer, dies at about 74
- 1632John Eliot: English parliament leader / Author (In Jail), dies at 40
- 1673Anthonie Palamedesz: Painter, dies at about 72
- 1680Athanasius Kircher: German Jesuit / inventor (lantern)
- 1749Balthasar Schmid: Composer, dies at 44
- 1749Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel: Composer, dies at 59
- 1836Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet: French Painter / lithographer
- 1862Alexander Early Stone: Confederate, dies in battle
- 1868Black Kettle [Motavato]: Cheyenne chief
- 1884Franziska "Fanny" Elssler: Austrian ballerina / choreography, dies at 74
- 1890Emmanuele Muzio: Composer, dies at 69
- 1899Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza: Composer, dies at 74
- 1915Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba: Composer, dies at 54
- 1916James Cutler Dunn Parker: Composer, dies at 88
- 1925Roger de la Fresnaye: French Sculptor / painter
- 1934"Baby Face" Nelson [Lester Gillis]: Gangster, shot by FBI at 26
- 1934Herman Hollis: FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
- 1934Sam Cowley: FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
- 1955Luis de Freitas Branco: Composer, dies at 65
- 1955William Nigh: Director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), dies at 74
- 1957Margot SE Scharten-Antink: Author (Catherina / Sprotje), dies at 88
- 1958Artur Rodzinski: Polish conductor / composer, dies at 66
- 1959Gerard Philipe: Actor / director (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36
- 1960Dirk J de Geer: Dutch Premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
- 1965Carl Parrish: Composer, dies at 61
- 1967Ettore Panizza: Composer, dies at 92
Historical events on November 28
- 0587Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram takes cousin Childebert II as heir
- 0741St. Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1340Battle of Salado Spain: last Moor invasion driven back
- 1443George Kastriotis [Skanderberg] proclaims Albania principality
- 1520Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean
- 1569Duke of Alva forces Bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
- 1582Playwright and Poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway
- 1660London Royal Society forms
- 1710Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
- 1757England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
- 17752nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
- 1776Washington and his troops cross Delaware River
- 1795US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis
- 1813Kosacks occupy Utrecht
- 1821Panama declares independence from Spain
- 1833Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo
- 1853Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory
- 1854Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
- 1861Confederate Congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army
- 1862Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)
- 1862Battle of Hooly Spring, Mississippi
- 1871Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in South Carolina
- 1875Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
- 1879Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: General Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
- 1904Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa
- 1905Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin
- 1908154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna, Pennsylvania
- 1911Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
- 19161st (German) air attack on London
- 1917Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top, " premieres in New York City
Born on November 28
- 1607Pietro Sforza: Italian theologist - Istoria del Concilio di Trento
- 1704Jacob Mossel: Governor-General (Dutch East Indies)
- 1757William Blake: English poet / painter (Songs of Innocence & Experience)
- 1763Matthaus Fischer: Composer
- 1770F Louise W: Daughter of Viceroy Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia
- 1777Georg A Kestner: German art collector / diplomat
- 1784Ferdinand Reis: Composer
- 1785Achille-Charles [duc de Broglie]: French Prime Minister (1835-36)
- 1792Victor Cousin: French philosopher / Minister of Education
- 1795Adolf Bernhard Marx: Composer
- 1805John Stephens: US archaeologist; founded study of Central America
- 1810William Froude: England, United Kingdom -- Engineer / naval architect
- 1811Maximilian II Jozef: King of Bayern (1848-64)
- 1812Ludwig Mathias Lindeman: Composer
- 1821Nikolai Nekrasov: Russia -- Poet / journalist (Who Can be Happy in Russia?)
- 1837John Wesley Hyatt: Inventor (celluloid)
- 1843Manuel Gregorio Tavarez: Composer
- 1854Gottlieb J Haberlandt: Hungarians / German Botanist
- 1857Alfonso XII: King of Spain (1874-85)
- 1864Carel A Lion Cachet: Lithographer / wood carver
- 1866Henry Bacon: Architect (Lincoln Memorial)
- 1866Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Sr.: Dutch actor / husband of Truus Soete
- 1868Frantisek Alois Drdla: Composer
- 1878Jozef van Mierlo: Belgian Jesuit / literary (Hadewych)
- 1880Marinus van Meel: 1st Dutch aviator
- 1881Stefan Zweig: Vienna, Austria -- Poet / essayist / dramatist (Beware of Pity)
- 1883Paul Hastings Allen: Composer
- 1887Bobby Watson [Knucher]: Springfield, Illinois -- Comedian
- 1887Jacobo Palm: Curacaos pianist / Organist
- 1892Thomas Wood: Composer
Died on November 28
- 0741Gregory III: Syrian Pope
- 1058Kazimierz I Restaurator: Duke of Poland (1034-58)
- 1499Edward Plantagenet: 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded
- 1545Jacob van Liesveld: Printer / "heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded
- 1559Erasmus Sarcerius: German luthers theologist, dies at about 58
- 1590Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers: S Netherlands theologist, dies at about 60
- 1641Robert Dowland: English luitist / Son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
- 1680Giovanni L Bernini: Italian Sculptor / painter
- 1695Giovanni Paulo Colonna: Composer, dies at 58
- 1785William Whipple: Merchant / judge / signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 55
- 1788Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg: Governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
- 1794Friedrich WLGA von Steuben: Prussian / US Inspector-General of Washingtons army, dies at 64
- 1815Johann Peter Salomon: Composer, dies at 70
- 1827Dov Baer Schneersohn: Lubavitch leader / Author (Imirei Binah)
- 1859Washington Irving: US Author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent)
- 1860Heinrich FL Rellstab: German music theorist
- 1861Robert Fuhrer: Composer, dies at 54
- 1876Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer: Estonian / German embryologist, dies at 84
- 1878Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti: Composer, dies at 78
- 1898C F Meyer: Writer, dies at 73
- 1899Adrian the la Rey: Son of South African General, dies in battle at 19
- 1907Ricardo Castro Herrera: Composer, dies at 43
- 1916Marthinus T Steyn: President of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59
- 1918Alexis Contant: Composer, dies at 60
- 1927Arthur Wichmann: German / Dutch geologist (New-Guinea)
- 1939James A Naismith: Creator of basketball, dies at 78
- 1940Nicolae Iorga: Author / President of Romania, murdered by fascist
- 1944Bijnen: Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
- 1944Camille Looten: Belgian priest / literature historian
- 1944Joop Brouwer de Koning: Youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
Events on Nov 29
- 0799Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
- 1349Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
- 1516Treaty of Freiburg: French / Swiss "eternal" peace treaty
- 1581Doornik surrenders to Duke of Parma
- 1596King Philip II devalues Spanish currency
- 1745Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle
- 1775Sir James Jay invents invisible ink
- 1803Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent
- 1813Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes Minister of Finance
- 18251st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC)
- 1847Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore
- 1863Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities
- 18644th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
- 1864Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
- 1870Compulsory education proclaimed in England
- 1877Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph
- 1887US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
- 18901st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
- 18971st motorcycle race (Surrey England)
- 1900Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as Supreme Commander in South Africa
- 1901East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened
- 19135th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2
- 1916Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin
- 1916US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
- 1918Serbia annexes Montenegro
- 1926Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager
- 1926W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife, " premieres in New York City
- 1929Lieutenant Commander Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong)
- 1932Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee, " premieres in New York City
- 1932France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union
Born on Nov 29
- 1229Louis II [the Stern]: Ruler (upper Baveria)
- 1761Fridolin Weber: Composer
- 1770Peter Hansel: Composer
- 1797Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti: Composer
- 1799Amos Bronson Alcott: US educator / poet (Concord Days)
- 1802Wilhelm Hauff: Writer
- 1803Christian Doppler: Austrian physicist (Doppler effect)
- 1815Stephen Augustus Hurlbut: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
- 1816Carl Binder: Composer
- 1818George Brown: Canada -- Publisher (Toronto Globe), Prime Minister (L) 1858
- 1833Louis Douglass Watkins: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
- 1834Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1838Aeneas Mackay: Baron / Dutch Minister of interior / Colonies
- 1839Ludwig Anzengruber: Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)
- 1849Ambrose Fleming: Inventor (diode)
- 1852Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher: Composer
- 1856Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg: German Chancellor / Premier Prussia
- 1860Hans Haym: Composer
- 1862Friedrich Klose: Composer
- 1863Spyridon Filiskos Samaras: Composer
- 1866Waldemar von Baussnern: Composer
- 1872Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg: Austrian soprano / director
- 1891Julius Raab: Austrian union chancellor (1953-61)
- 1891Richard Frank Donovan: Composer
- 1894Yakima Canutt [Enos Edward]: Colfax, Washington -- Actor / dir (Texas Terror)
- 1895Busby Berkeley: Los Angeles, California -- Choreographer
- 1895Lodovico Rocca: Composer
- 1895William V S Tubman: (Whig), 17th Liberian President (1943-70)
- 1896Philip L Carret: Lynn, Massachusetts -- CEO (Pioneer Fund)
- 1896Roderique La Rocque [La Tour]: Western actor (Beau Bandit)
Died on Nov 29
- 0561Chlotarius I: King of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
- 0917Radboud: Bishop of Utrecht / Deventer (900-17) / saint
- 1268Clement IV [Guido Fulcodi]: Pope (1265-68)
- 1314Philippe IV [the Handsome]: King of France (1285-1314)
- 1378Charles IV: Roman-German King / German Emperor (University of Prague)
- 1530Lord Chancellor: (1514-29), dies at about 56
- 1632Frederick V: King of Bohemia (White Mountain), dies at 36
- 1682Rupert: Prince of Palts / chemist / engraver / mathematician, dies at 62
- 1775Lorenzo Somis: Composer, dies at 87
- 1780Maria Theresia Hapsburg: Queen of Austria, dies at 63
- 1813Giambattista Bodoni: Ital stamp cutter / publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
- 1843Marco Santucci: Composer, dies at 81
- 1864One-Eye: Cheyenne-chief
- 1865Herman van Sonsbeeck: Dutch lawyer / statesman, dies at 69
- 1872Cornelius Kreighoff: Canadian
- 1872Giovanni Tadolini: Composer, dies at 83
- 1872Horace Greeley: US founder / publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
- 1895Eduard count von Taaffe: Austria Premier (1868..93), dies at 62
- 1918Harald Kidde: Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
- 1921Ivan Caryll: Composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60
- 1924Giacomo Puccini: Ital Composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
- 1925Karl Flodin: Composer, dies at 67
- 1939Philipp Scheidemann: German MP (SPD) / Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
- 1952Rosa Lewis: English chef / owner (Cavendish Hotel London)
- 1952Vladimir N Ipatiev: Russian / US chemist, dies at 85
- 1954George Edward Robey: English comic / actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
- 1957Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Austria / US Composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
- 1959Fritz Brun: Composer, dies at 81
- 1959Hans Henny Jahnn: Writer, dies at 64
- 1962Rav Aaron Kotler: Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood, New Jersey