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Nov 22 1428

Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick] English nobleman and military commander known as Warwick the Kingmaker (d. 1471)

Nov 22 1511

Erasmus Reinhold German mathematician (calculated planetary table)

Nov 22 1515

Marie Guise French wife of king James V of Scotland

Nov 22 1535

John the Old earl of Nassautribal father Neth royal family

Nov 22 1564

Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham English conspirator (d. 1610)

Nov 22 1579

Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Dutch lawyerpastorlyricist

Nov 22 1602

Elisabeth of Bourbon Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)

Nov 22 1635

Francis Willughby English biologist (d. 1672)

Nov 22 1643

Ren-Robert Cavelier sieur de La Salle French explorer (Louisiana) born in Rouen France (d. 1687)

Nov 22 1698

Pierre de Rigaud Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)

Nov 22 1710

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64)

Nov 22 1721

Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)

Nov 22 1753

Dugald Stewart Scottish philosopher and mathematician (Scottish common sense) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1828)

Nov 22 1761

Dorothy Jordan Irish-English actress courtesan mistress of future King William IV of the United Kingdom born in Waterford Ireland (d. 1816)

Nov 22 1764

Barbara Juliane baroness von Krdener Baltic German religious mystic author and Pietist Lutheran theologian born in Riga Latvia (d. 1824)

Nov 22 1771

Paul R Cantzlaar gov of SabaSt-EustatiusCuracaoDutch-West Indies

Nov 22 1780

Jose Cecilio del Valle Honduran Politician (d. 1834)

Nov 22 1787

Rasmus Rask Danish linguist and philologist (Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language) born in Braendekilde Denmark (d. 1832)

Nov 22 1805

Benjamin Hugur Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1877)

Nov 22 1808

Thomas Cook British founder and CEO of Thomas Cook & Son travel agency (Cook Travel Bureau) born in Derbyshire England (d. 1892)

Nov 22 1809

Benedict Augustin Morel Austrian-French psychologist (dementia praecox) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1973)

Nov 22 1814

Serranus Clinton Hastings American politician (d. 1893)

Nov 22 1818

Samuel Gibbs French Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1910)

Nov 22 1819

George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] English author (Middlemarch Silas Marner) born in Nuneaton Warwickshire (d. 1880)

Nov 22 1823

Nathan Kimball American physician politician postmaster and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Fredericksburg Indiana (d. 1898)

Nov 22 1832

George Henry Chapman American newspaper editor lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Holland Massachusetts (d. 1882)

Nov 22 1835

Frank Crawford Armstrong Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

Nov 22 1838

Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga Viscount d Arneiro composer

Nov 22 1842

Anna S Barbiers Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster Uncle Tom) born in the Netherlands (d. 1908)

Nov 22 1842

Jos Maria de Heredia Cuban-French sonnet poet (Les Trophes) born in La Fortuna Cuba (d. 1905)

Nov 22 1849

Friedrich von Bernhardi German historian (Germany & the Next War)

Nov 22 1852

Paul H B dEstornelles de Constant French diplomatpacifist

Nov 22 1856

Heber J Grant Salt Lake City 7th President of Mormon church

Nov 22 1220 Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III

Nov 22 1346 Street fights in Utrecht Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements

Nov 22 1542 Spain delegates New Laws against slavery in America

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KC and the Sunshine band top the U.S. pop charts with â€œThatâ€™s The Way (I Like It)â€