Historical Events
- Nov 14 Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet)
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 18 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1730)
Famous Deaths
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
Nov 28 Italian baroque sculptor, painter and architect (St. Peter's Baldachin), dies at 81