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Nov 25 1507

Joost de Damhoudere Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)

Nov 25 1562

Lope Felix de Vega dramatistpoet (Angelica Arcadia) born in Madrid Spain

Nov 25 1903

William Dehart Hubbard long jumper (Olympic gold 1924) born in Cincinnati Ohio

Nov 25 1904

Jessie Royce Landis [Medbury] American actress (North by Northwest) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1972)

Nov 25 1904

Lillian Copeland US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932)

Nov 25 1904

Toni Ortelli Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)

Nov 25 1907

John Stuart Hindmarsh British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)

Nov 25 1909

Manny Martindale West Indian cricketer (fiery WI pace bowler of 30s) born in St Lucy Barbados (d. 1972)

Nov 25 1566

John Heminges English actor and member of The Kings Men editor of Shakespeares First Folio born in Droitwich Worcestershire (d. 1630) (baptism date)

Nov 25 1577

Piet Heyn Dutch privateer and admiral (captured Spanish silver fleet) born in Delft (d. 1629)

Nov 25 1638

Catherine of Braganza Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)

Nov 25 1697

Gerhard Tersteegen German evangelistpoet (wrote in blood)

Nov 25 1703

Jean-Franois Sguier French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)

Nov 25 1712

Charles-Michel de lpe French philanthropist and developer of Signed French (d. 1789)

Nov 25 1714

Yoriyuki Arima Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)

Nov 25 1752

Johann Friedrich Reichardt German composer born in Knigsberg East Prussia (d. 1814)

Nov 25 1778

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck British Christian writer (d. 1856)

Nov 25 1787

Franz Xaver Gruber Austrian organistcomposer (Silent Night)

Nov 25 1814

Julius Robert von Mayer German physician and physicist (d. 1878)

Nov 25 1817

John Bigelow American statesman and author (d. 1911)

Nov 25 1823

Joseph Alexander Cooper American civil servant and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Whitley County Kentucky (d. 1910)

Nov 25 1825

Edward Augustus Wild American homeopathic doctor and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Brookline Massachusetts (d. 1891)

Nov 25 1840

Hugo Verriest Flemish authorpoet (Flemish Movement)

Nov 25 1841

Ernst Schrder German mathematician (d. 1902)

Nov 25 1843

Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)

Nov 25 1845

Jos Maria de Ea de Queirs Portuguese novelist born in Pvoa de Varzim (d. 1900)

Nov 25 1846

Carrie Nation American temperance advocate (d. 1911)

Nov 25 1852

Johan N Salvator [Johann Orth] archduke of Austria

Nov 25 1856

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev Russian composer (Oresteia)

Nov 25 1869

Ben Lindsey American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)

Nov 25 1870

Winthrop Ames American theatrical director (d. 1937)

Nov 25 1871

Cornelis J Cor van Ast Dutch actor and director (Ghost Hotel Two Boys) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1939)

Nov 25 1876

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)

Nov 25 1034 Malcolm II King of Scots (Mel Coluim mac Cineda) (b. 980) dies Donnchad the son of his second daughter Bethc and Crnn of Dunkeld inherits the throne.

Nov 25 1185 Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) reigned 1181-85 dies and is replaced by Umberto Crivelli (Pope Urban III)

Nov 25 1277 Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III

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