What Happened in November 1587

Historical Events

  • Nov 24 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
  • Nov 27 Dutch county of Groningen flooded by failure of dyke

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 3 Samuel Scheidt, German baroque composer, born in Halle, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1654)
  • Nov 16 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and dramatist (Jephtha), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1679)
  • Nov 17 Louis de Geer, Walloon-Swedish entrepreneur, banker and pioneering industrialist, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1652)