Today in History on This Day Thursday 21st November 2013 Historical Events Events 1 - 15 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. 235 - St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 695 - Pope Sergius names Willibrord as Archbishop Clemens of Friezen 1272 - Following Henry III of Englands death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England. 1317 - Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht 1620 - Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass 1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11] 1654 - Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1696 - J Vanbrughes Relapse or Virtue in Danger, premieres in London 1729 - Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville 1759 - Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians 1783 - Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis dArlandes make 1st free balloon flight 1787 - Andrew Jackson admitted to bar 1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state 1791 - Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic. Todays Historical Events » Famous Birthdays Born Today French Enlightenment Philosopher VoltaireFrench Enlightenment Philosopher Voltaire (1694) Birthdays 1 - 15 1495 - John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) 1561 - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author 1567 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621) 1637 - Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) 1645 - Johann Lohner, composer 1683 - Johann Michael Muller, composer 1692 - Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet 1694 - Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (d. 1778) 1724 - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1729 - Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence) 1742 - Alessandro Felici, composer 1761 - Dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816) 1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher 1785 - William Beaumont, Lebanon, Connecticut, surgeon (Father of gastric physiology), (d. 1853) 1787 - Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line) Todays Famous Birthdays » Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 2 1983 - NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt 1987 - Actress Demi Moore weds actor Bruce Willis at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas Todays Famous Weddings » Famous Deaths Passed Away Today South African Premier J. B. M. HertzogSouth African Premier J. B. M. Hertzog (1942) Deaths 1 - 15 496 - Pope Gelasius I, Catholic Pope, of Berber extraction 1361 - Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) 1481 - Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 1555 - Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61 1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) 1579 - Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier 1580 - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed 1610 - Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies 1652 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585) 1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36 1710 - Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72 1728 - Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57 1730 - François de Troy, French portrait artist 1775 - John Hill, British writer 1811 - Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34
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