What Happened in November 1708

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 4 Robert Praelisauer, German composer, music director, and priest, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria (now Bad Kötzting, Germany) (d. 1771)

William Pitt the Elder (1708-1778)

Nov 15 British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner', born in London


Famous Deaths

  • Nov 3 Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau and daughter of Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, dies at 71
  • Nov 7 Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter and cartoonist, dies at 76