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Battle of Lützen
Nov 16 Battle of Lützen: Significant battle of Thirty Years' War - Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 23 Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
- Nov 24 Baruch Spinoza, Dutch rationalist philosopher, born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1677)
- Nov 28 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (Miserere Suites de Symphonies et Trios), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1687)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 6 Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37
- Nov 17 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal, dies at 38
- Nov 27 John Eliot, English parliament leader, dies at 40
- Nov 29 Frederick V, Elector Palentine (1610-23), King of Bohemia (1619-20), defeated at Battle of White Mountain, dies of an infection at 36
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