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