Historical Events Nov 1 Army of Moroccan ruler Ahmad al-Mansur led by Spanish Eunuch Jawdar leaves Marrakesh to cross the Sahara to conquer the Songhai Empire Famous Birthdays Nov 4 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1656) Nov 8 Francesco Gonzaga, Italian composer, born in Mantua, Italy (d. 1628) Born in 1590 Famous Deaths Nov 8 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, Dutch master builder and cartographer, dies at about 49 Nov 18 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) Nov 29 Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547) Oct 1590 History by Year Dec 1590 What Happened in 1590 Battle of IvryMarch 14, 1590