What Happened in November 1630

Historical Events

  • Nov 5 Spain & England sign peace treaty
  • Nov 10 Failed palace revolution in France against Cardinal Richelieu
  • Nov 30 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 18 Eleonora Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (1651-57), born in Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (d. 1686)
  • Nov 24 Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
  • Nov 27 Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1665)

Famous Deaths

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

Nov 15 German astronomer (discovered laws of planetary motion), dies at 58

  • Nov 18 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
  • Nov 19 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44