What Happened in November 1713

Famous Birthdays

Junípero Serra (1713-1784)

Nov 24 Spanish missionary priest who founded the 1st missions in California, born in Petra, Majorca

  • Nov 24 Laurence Sterne, Anglo-Irish novelist and satirist (Tristram Shandy), born in Clonmel, Ireland (d. 1768)

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 7 Elizabeth Barry, English restoration actress, dies at 55
  • Nov 17 Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
  • Nov 20 Thomas Tompion, English clockmaker (cylinder tunnel), dies at 74