What Happened in November 1690

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 11 Gerhard Hoffmann, German composer, born in Rastenberg, Thuringia, (d. 1757)
  • Nov 17 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter and cartoonist (d. 1734)
  • Nov 22 François Colin de Blamont, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1760)
  • Nov 23 Ernst Johann van Biron, Russian duke of Courland and regent of Ivan VI, born in Kalnciems, Semigallia (d. 1772)
  • Nov 24 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, born in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1750)
  • Nov 29 Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 17 Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier, dies at 80