This day in History - November 2

367 Historic Events for November 2
676 Event Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II
1171 Death Dionysius bar Salibi, author (Diarbekir), dies
1171 Death Baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies
1327 Event King Alfonso IV of Arag¢n crowned
1355 Event English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais
1418 Event Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein
1483 Death Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49
1528 Birth Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)
1532 Event Zealand/South Holland flooded
1588 Death Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63
1610 Death Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66
1635 Death Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68
1642 Event 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
1648 Event 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia
1697 Death Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried
1699 Birth Jean-Baptiste Sim‚on Chardin, French still life painter
1709 Birth Anna van Hannover, English princess/duchess of Brunswick-Lneburg
1712 Event Suriname govt gives French hijacker Jacques Cassard, Ÿ682,800
1716 Death Engelbrecht K„mpfer, German/Neth VOC-surgeon, dies at 65
1717 Death Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies
1722 Event Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland
1731 Death Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26
1734 Birth Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915)
1739 Birth Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer
1741 Birth Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Neth Democratic Patriots