Historical Events
Handel's Failed Operation
Nov 3 George Frideric Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation
- Nov 11 Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 17 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight food preservation (food canning, bouillon tablet), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France (d. 1841)
- Nov 19 George Rogers Clark, American frontier military leader in Revolutionary War, born in Albemarle County, Virginia (d. 1818)
- Nov 20 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel), born in Bristol, England (d. 1770)
- Nov 25 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, born in Königsberg, East Prussia (d. 1814)
- Nov 29 Jemima Wilkinson [Publick Universal Friend], American preacher, founded Universal Friends sect, born in Cumberland, Rhode Island (d. 1819)
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