What Happened in November 1621

Historical Events

  • Nov 19 Rabbi Isaiah ben Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel
  • Nov 22 English Poet and preacher John Donne is made Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in London aged 49

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 3 Renatus Rapinus [René Rapin], French Jesuit theologian and poet (Hortorum libri IV), born in Tours, France (d. 1687)
  • Nov 20 Avvakum, Russian Orthodox archpriest and writer, born in Grigorovo, Nizhny Novgorod (d. 1682)

Famous Weddings

John Wheelwright

Nov 8 John Wheelwright, English-American Puritan clergyman, marries Mary Storre in Lincolnshire

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 26 Radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540)