Historical Events
Robert Hooke
Nov 12 Robert Hooke appointed Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society, England
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (Le Chevalier à la mode), born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1725)
- Nov 4 Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1716-42), born in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (d. 1742)
- Nov 6 Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1700)
- Nov 15 Christoph von Graffenried, British peer from Switzerland who founded New Bern, Carolina, born in Worb Castle, Bern, Switzerland (d. 1743)
- Nov 28 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 29 Brian Walton, English Anglican priest, and scholar (Polyglot Bible), dies at about 60 or 61
