Historical Events Currency Devalued Nov 29 King Philip II devalues Spanish currency King of Spain Philip II of Spain Famous Deaths Nov 1 Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (Les Libertés de l’église gallicane), dies at 57 Nov 10 Peter Wentworth, English Puritan politician (b. 1530) Oct 1596 History by Year Dec 1596 Famous People Who Were Admirals Aviators Gangsters Generals Industrialists Suffragists