371 Historic Events for November 15
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| 1660 |
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1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam)
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| 1670 |
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Jan A Comenius, [Komensky], Czech/Neth educator/philosopher, dies
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| 1679 |
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English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill
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| 1688 |
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Prince Willem III's army lands at Torbay England
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| 1691 |
Death |
Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71
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| 1696 |
Birth |
Gerhardus Havingha, composer
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| 1705 |
Birth |
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer
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| 1708 |
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William Pitt the Elder, (Whig) UK PM (1756-61, 66-68) `Great Commoner'
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| 1715 |
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Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands
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| 1727 |
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NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath
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| 1731 |
Birth |
William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (John Gilpin) [OS]
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| 1738 |
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F William Herschel, German/English astronomer (discovered Uranus)
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| 1741 |
Birth |
Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher
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| 1746 |
Birth |
Joseph Quesne, composer
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| 1755 |
Birth |
Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer
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| 1763 |
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Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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| 1774 |
Birth |
William Horsley, composer
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Georges-Julien Sieber, composer
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| 1777 |
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Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
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| 1787 |
Death |
Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, composer (Iphig‚nie Tauride), dies at 73
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| 1788 |
Death |
Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77
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| 1791 |
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1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
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| 1793 |
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Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry)
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| 1800 |
Birth |
George Rodwell, composer
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| 1806 |
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1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Govt, publishes 1st issue
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