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Nov 08 1572

Johan Sigismund elector of Brandenburgduke of Prussia

Nov 08 1622

Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs War)

Nov 08 1647

Pierre Bayle FrenchNeth theologistphilosopherwriter

Nov 08 1706

Johann Ulrich von Cramer German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)

Nov 08 1715

Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern wife of Frederik II the Great

Nov 08 1760

Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael South Neth earlgeneral

Nov 08 1768

Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom born in London England (d. 1840)

Nov 08 1777

Dsire Clary queen of Sweden (d. 1860)

Nov 08 1814

GirolamoJeromin de Rada Albanian poet (Skanderbeku)

Nov 08 1817

Claudius Wistar Sears Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1891)

Nov 08 1829

Samuel Wylie Crawford American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Franklin County Pennsylvania (d. 1892)

Nov 08 1830

Oliver Otis Howard American Major General (Union Army) born in Leeds Maine (d. 1909)

Nov 08 1831

Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880)

Nov 08 1836

Milton Bradley American game manufacturer (d. 1911)

Nov 08 1847

Jean Casimir-Perier French politician (d. 1907)

Nov 08 1848

Gottlob Frege German mathematicianlogician (Begriffsschrift)

Nov 08 1850

Karel Komzk II Viennese composer born in Prague (d. 1905)

Nov 08 1863

Ren [Raphael] Viviani French historiansocial premier (1914-15)

Nov 08 1866

Herbert Austin English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)

Nov 08 1868

Felix Hausdorff German mathematician (d. 1942)

Nov 08 1875

Qiu Jin Chinese revolutionary feminist and writer considered a national heroine in China born in Shanyin Shaoxing Qing Dynasty (d. 1907)

Nov 08 1876

Frank L Gillespie Ark founded Supreme Life Insurance Company

Nov 08 1878

Marshall Walter Major Taylor world champion cyclist (1899)

Nov 08 1879

King Baggot I director (Tumbleweeds) born in St Louis Missouri

Nov 08 1881

Frank Speck American Anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans) born in Brooklyn New York

Nov 08 1881

Robert Esnault-Pelterie French Engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe born in Paris France

Nov 08 1883

Arnold Bax English composer (Farewell My Youth) born in London (d. 1953)

Nov 08 1883

Ethel Clayton American actress (Hotel Continental) born in Champaign Illinois (d. 1966)

Nov 08 1884

Hermann Rorschach Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)

Nov 08 1885

Tomoyuki Yamashita [Yamashita Tomobumi] Imperial Japanese general dubbed Tiger of Malaya born in toyo Kchi Japan (d. 1946)

Nov 08 1892

John Miljan American actor (The Ten Commandments Possessed Final Extra Susan Lenox) born in Lead City South Dakota (d. 1960)

Nov 08 1893

Prajadhipok Rama VII king of Thailand (d. 1941)

Nov 08 1895

Photios Kontoglou Greek writer painter and iconographer (d. 1965)

Nov 08 1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st African American Governor of Virginia and any state since reconstruction

Nov 08 1989 Hong Kongs MTR Lam Tin Station comes into service.

Nov 08 1322 Pope John XXII names John van Diest as Bishop of Utrecht

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