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Nov 16 1436

Leonardo Loredan Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521)

Nov 16 1569

Paul Sartorius German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1609)

Nov 16 1587

Joost van den Vondel Dutch poetdramatist (Jephtha) born in Cologne Germany

Nov 16 1609

Henrietta Maria French-born Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)

Nov 16 1642

Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest Dutch admiral and buccaneer of Zeeland born in Vlissingen Netherlands (d. 1706)

Nov 16 1653

Joan van Hoorn gov-gen of Neth Indies (1707-09)

Nov 16 1684

Abraham Alewijn Dutch poetplaywright (Puiterveense Helleveeg)

Nov 16 1715

Girolamo Abos Maltese composer born in Valetta (d. 1760)

Nov 16 1730

Gualtherius Wouter van Doeveren Zealand-Flanders physician

Nov 16 1757

Daniel Read American composer born in Attleboro Massachusett (d. 1836)

Nov 16 1758

Peter Andreas Heiberg Danish author and philologist (d. 1841)

Nov 16 1766

Rodolphe Kreitzer French composervirtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv)

Nov 16 1822

Charles Smith Hamilton American Major General (Union Army) born in Westernville New York (d. 1891)

Nov 16 1827

James Southerton cricketer (Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49)

Nov 16 1829

Anton G Rubinstein Russian pianistconductorcomposer [OS]

Nov 16 1835

Elliott Warren Rice American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Allegheny Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1887)

Nov 16 1835

Eugenio Beltrami Cremona Lombardy Italian Mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)

Nov 16 1836

David Kalakaua of Hawaii Hawaiian king (d. 1891)

Nov 16 1839

Louis-Honor Frchette French Canadian poet (d. 1908)

Nov 16 1847

Edmund James Flynn Canadian politician (d. 1927)

Nov 16 1854

Jules van de Heuvel Belgian lawyerpolitician

Nov 16 1861

Vclav Suk Czech-born Russian composer and violinist born in Kladno Bohemia (1933)

Nov 16 1862

Charles Thomas Biass Turner cricketer (the Terror)

Nov 16 1870

Alfred Hill New Zealand Australian composer (Hinemoa) born in Melbourne (d. 1960)

Nov 16 1874

Johanna Albregt Dutch actress (Dumb August) and wife of Henri Dons born (d. 1946)

Nov 16 1877

Halliwell Hobbes British actor (Gaslight Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) born in Stratford-on-Avon Warwickshire England (d. 1962)

Nov 16 1880

Alexander A Block Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS1128]

Nov 16 1881

Joel H. Hildebrand American Chemist and Educator whose work on the chemistry of solutions helped treat divers with the bends through the introduction of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures born in Camden New Jersey

Nov 16 1883

Eugeen Van de Velde Flemish musicologistcomposer (In Tempore Belli)

Nov 16 1888

Burnet Corwin Tuthill American composer (Laurentia) born in NYC New York

Nov 16 1888

Clinton Golden Penn founder (United Steelworkers of America)

Nov 16 1888

Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco French authorpoet (Gogol)

Nov 16 1889

George S Kaufman playwright (This is Show Business) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Nov 16 1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel

Nov 16 1950 Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops

Nov 16 1950 UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps

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