Historical Events Nov 9 Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia. Nov 10 English parliament accept army reduction Events in 1697 Famous Birthdays Nov 9 Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1760) Nov 10 William Hogarth, English satiric painter and engraver (Rake's Progress), born in London (d. 1764) Nov 25 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist and poet (wrote in blood), born in Moers, Germany (d. 1769) Born in 1697 Famous Deaths Nov 2 Constantine Huygens Jr., Dutch poet, painter and cartoonist, dies at 69 (burial date) Nov 22 Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635) Oct 1697 History by Year Dec 1697 Famous People Who Were Admirals Aviators Gangsters Generals Industrialists Suffragists