/year

November 22 in history

194 sourced entries recorded on November 22, from 365 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 498Anastasius is succeeded by Symmachus as the 51st pope, in the official papal selection in the Lateran Palace (Rome). Meanwhile, Antipope Laurentius is elected "pope" in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, causing a schism.source
  • 845Battle of Ballon: Frankish forces (3,000 men) led by Charles the Bald are defeated by Nominoe, count of Vannes, near Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. After the battle, Brittany becomes a regnum 'kingdom' within the Frankish Empire.source
  • 991The beginning of the reign of al-Qadir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, under the tutelage of the Buyids and following the deposition of al-Ta'i.source
  • 1024November 22 (17 Ramadan 415 AH) – The siege of Aleppo is started by Salih ibn Mirdas and an army of Bedouin warriors. After a siege of more than 50 days, and heavy casualties on both sides, Aleppo surrenders on January 18, 1025 (13 Dhu al-Qa'da 415 AH).source
  • 1059Emperor Isaac I Komnenos falls ill on a hunt and retires to a monastery after a 2-year reign. He abdicates the Byzantine throne and appoints Constantine X, a Paphlagonian nobleman, as his successor.source
  • 1200During a tour of the Midlands, John receives homage from William the Lion, king of Scotland, at Lincoln. William is looking to move into the areas of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. John on the other hand ensures that these areas are controlled by English nobles he can trust.source
  • 1202November 10–24 – Siege of Zara: The Crusaders under Boniface of Montferrat besiege and conquer Zara (modern-day Zadar) in Dalmatia. Despite letters from Innocent III forbidding such an action, and threatening excommunication. The leading citizens of Zara hang banners of crosses along the outer walls, professing their Catholic faith. Nevertheless, the Crusaders breach and sack the city, killing many.source
  • 1210Siege of Termes: The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort during the Albigensian Crusade.source
  • 1220Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rome by Pope Honorius III. He makes Sicily an absolute monarchy and adopts Palermo as its principal seat.source
  • 1307Following the example of France's King Philip the Fair, Pope Clement V issues a papal decree directing all monarchs of the Christian faith to arrest the Knights Templar and to confiscate their lands as property of the Church.source
  • 1308The coronation of the Emperor Hanazono of Japan takes place at Edo.source
  • 1318Grand Prince Mikhail of Tver is summoned by Özbeg Khan at Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde. After his arrival, he is executed.source
  • 1324In Italy, Marsilio da Carrara becomes the new Lord of Padua upon the death of his uncle, Jacopo I da Carrara.source
  • 1339Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.source
  • 1395The embalmed body of Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, a friend and advisor of King Richard II, is buried in England, on the third anniversary of his death in France, and following King Richard's determination provide proper honors for his funeral.source
  • 1405The War of Padua in Italy comes to an end as Padua and Ferrara surrender to the armies of the Venetian Republic, commanded by General Malatesta IV. The Republic of Venice then annexes the territory of the defeated lordships.source
  • 1439Following up on the declaration of union of the Roman Catholic Church with the Greek Orthodox Church, Pope Eugene IV signs an agreement of union with the Armenian Apostolic Church.source
  • 1466A messenger from the Venetian front in the war in Albania against the Ottomans brings news of planned attacks by the Ottoman General Sinan Bey against the Republic of Venice's Albanian territory, and an offer received from the Ottomans to negotiate a ceasefire or treaty.source
  • 1497The Vasco da Gama expedition discovers the first sea route from Europe to India as he and his crew, on four ships, round the Cape of Good Hope.source
  • 1527Spain's conquest of Guatemala's highlands is completed as the capital of the colonial government is moved to the new city of Ciudad Vieja from Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, near Iximche.source
  • 1568The second treaty of Roskilde is signed between representatives of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Sweden to end the Northern Seven Years' War. Sweden cedes the Duchy of Estonia (Estland) to Danish control.source
  • 1572All but 60 of the 3,000 residents are massacred by the Spanish Army in the Belgian city of Naarden.source
  • 1574The Juan Fernández Islands in the South Pacific Ocean are discovered by Spanish sailor Juan Fernández.source
  • 1575Portuguese navigator Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo departs from Mozambique on a mission for to map the coastline, completing the task on March 13.source
  • 1587A final Austrian attack on Kraków by Archduke Maximilian III is repelled by the Polish defenders.source
  • 1590November 22 (12th waning of Tazaungmon 952 ME) – Burmese King Nanda Bayin sends a his son, the Crown Prince Mingyi Swa and 20,000 troops to what is now Thailand.source
  • 1595The Battle of San Juan is fought off of the island of Puerto Rico as an English fleet of 27 ships and 2,500 men, led by Francis Drake, attempts to invade the Spanish colony. In a three-day battle, the English lose at least eight ships and 400 men, including Admiral John Hawkins. Drake's fleet withdraws and attempts to conquer Panama.source
  • 1601Maurice of Nassau abandons the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.source
  • 1615Alexandru Movilă is installed as Prince of Moldavia by Poland as Prince Ștefan IX Tomșa is driven from the throne.source
  • 1617Mustafa I succeeds Ahmed I, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1633commissioned by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore to transport 140 English colonists to the province of Maryland in America, The Ark and another ship, the Dove (with 128 settlers), depart Gravesend in England for the New World. Three days later, the two ships become separated by a storm in the English Channel, and the crew of The Ark assumes that the Dove sank.source
  • 1635The Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa, against Taiwanese aborigines, begins.source
  • 1641By a vote of 159 to 148, the Long Parliament of England passes the Grand Remonstrance, with 204 specific objections to King Charles I's absolutist tendencies, and calling for the King to expel all Anglican bishops from the House of Lords.source
  • 1682Nearly 1,000 houses in Wapping, London are destroyed in a fire.source
  • 1689Peter the Great decrees the construction of the Great Siberian Road to China.source
  • 1692first performance of Henry Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia.source
  • 1695The new Parliament, with 513 members of the House of Commons is opened by King William III. Commons is composed of 257 Whigs (who hold a majority of one), 203 Tories and 53 members of other parties or independents.source
  • 1699The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye, negotiated by Johann Patkul, is signed at a palace of the Tsar of Russia Peter the Great, and representatives of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony to provide for the partition of Swedish Empire between Saxony, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway and the Russian Empire. The attack on Sweden, which takes place on February 22, starts the Great Northern War.source
  • 1702The Dutch East India Company ship Amsterdam (1691) founders en route from Bombay to Basra during a storm with the loss of all hands.source
  • 1712The first performance of George Frideric Handel's opera Il pastor fido takes place at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, London.source
  • 1712The first performance of George Frideric Handel's opera Il pastor fido takes place at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, London.source
  • 1718Citing violations of the amnesty agreement with Blackbeard, Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood sends a Royal Navy contingent to North Carolina, where they battle Blackbeard and his crew in Ocracoke Inlet. Blackbeard is killed in action, after receiving five musketball wounds and twenty sword lacerations.source
  • 1725Chief Chicagou of the Mitchigamea tribe, and chiefs of five other tribes of the Illini Confederation, are received as guests of King Louis XV in Paris. Chicagou pledges the Illini's support of the French presence in North America.source
  • 1739November 20–22 – War of Jenkins' Ear – Battle of Porto Bello: British marine forces capture the Panamanian silver-exporting town of Portobelo from the Spanish.source
  • 174722 November 1747 – The Office of Stadtholder of the United Provinces is made hereditarysource
  • 1747End of Second Stadtholderless period: Prince William IV of Orange becomes stadtholder of all the United Provinces.source
  • 1748The Electorate of Hanover (now occupied by most of the northwestern German state of Niedersachsen or Lower Saxony) issues a decree banishing all adherents of the Moravian Church.source
  • 1752"Father Le Loutre's War", the war between the British Canadian colonists of Nova Scotia and the indigenous Mi'kmaq (Micmac) tribe halts temporarily when a peace treaty is signed between the warring parties at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Governor Hopson, accompanied by former Governor Cornwallis, signs on behalf of the British and Chief Kopit (Jean-Baptiste Cope), the Sakamaw of the Mi'kmaq, signs on behalf of his people.source
  • 1757Seven Years' War: Battle of Breslau – An Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine defeats the Prussian army of Wilhelm of Brunswick-Bevern, and forces the Prussians behind the Oder.source
  • 1768HDMS Den Prægtige is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.source
  • 1776Frederik Bargum's revived Danish West India Company is liquidated.source
  • 1793Two ships, the Morva and the Cavendish, are wrecked on The Smalls off Pembrokeshire.source
  • 1800War of the Second Coalition: Hostilities resume.source
  • 1803Siege of Ganja beginssource
  • 1817Frédéric Cailliaud discovers the old Mons Smaragdus emerald mines at Sikait, Egypt.source
  • 1820Instruções, first election lawsource
  • 1822A fire in Guangzhou (Canton) kills 500 people, and destroys 13,070 homes and several European-owned businesses.source
  • 1830On what becomes called "the Ustertag", men of the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland gather to demand a new constitution.source
  • 1830The Whig Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey succeeds Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.source
  • 1831First Canut Revolt: After a bloody battle with the military causing 600 deaths, rebellious silk workers seize Lyon, France.source
  • 1852November 21–22 – The New French Empire is confirmed by plebiscite: 7,824,000 for, 253,000 against.source
  • 1864Sherman's March to the Sea – Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee, in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General Sherman from Georgia.source
  • 1869the clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, one of the last clippers built and the only one to survive in the UK.source
  • 1869clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, Scotland; she is one of the last clippers built, and the only one to survive in the UK.source
  • 1872"Spitzeder Swindle": Adele Spitzeder's pioneering Ponzi scheme in Munich collapses.source
  • 1873SS Ville du Havre, on passage from New York to France, collides with Scottish 3-masted iron clipper Loch Earn in mid-Atlantic and sinks in 12 minutes with the loss of 226 lives.source
  • 1877The first college lacrosse game is played between New York University and Manhattan University.source
  • 1877The first college lacrosse game is played between New York University and Manhattan College.source
  • 1878The Metric system is introduced in Swedensource
  • 1880Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre, in New York City.source
  • 1885November 14–28 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria, but is defeated in the Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17–19.source
  • 1899J. P. Suhr & Søn is dissolved.source
  • 1910Revolt of the Lash at Rio de Janeiro: Mutineers in the Brazilian Navy, led by João Cândido, seize control of the new dreadnought battleship Minas Geraes and other ships, whose guns are aimed at the city as the crews demand improvements in their conditions (which are conceded on November 26 by the Brazilian government).source
  • 1910Revolt of the Lash: The mostly black crews of four Brazilian warships, led by João Cândido, mutiny shortly after a sailor receives 250 lashes. The crews depose their white officers and threaten to bombard Rio de Janeiro.source
  • 1914Itagaki Taisuke visited Taiwan.source
  • 1917In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the National Hockey Association suspends operations.source
  • 1918The Belgian royal family returns to Brussels after the war, King Albert I having commanded the Allied army group in the September–October Courtrai offensive, which liberated his country.source
  • 1918Estonia was invaded by Bolshevist Russian forces. Beginning of Estonian War of Independence.source
  • 1919Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian statistician and UN official. (died 2005)source
  • 1924Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster erected.source
  • 1928Following passage of the Currency and Banknotes Act on 2 July, the Bank of England resumes responsibility for issue of banknotes from HM Treasury and issues pound and (for the first time) ten shilling notes, the first to be printed in colour and on both sides.source
  • 1928The one-movement ballet Boléro (music by Maurice Ravel, choreography by Bronislava Nijinska) premières at the Paris Opéra, to a commission by Ida Rubinstein.source
  • 1932The new Northern Ireland Parliament Buildings at Stormont are officially opened.source
  • 1933The Fujian People's Government is declared in Fujian Province, China.source
  • 1935The flying boat China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California, United States, to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean; on November 29 the aircraft reaches its final destination, Manila, and delivers over 110,000 pieces of mail.source
  • 1935The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean; the aircraft reaches its destination, Manila, and delivers over 110,000 pieces of mail.source
  • 1940November 20–24 – WWII: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis powers.source
  • 1940Single overarching trade union established.source
  • 1941WWII: British heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire sinks commerce raiding German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis in the South Atlantic, ending the longest warship cruise of the war (622 days without in-port replenishment or repair).source
  • 1942WWII: Battle of Stalingrad: The situation for the German attackers of Stalingrad seems desperate during the Soviet counter-attack Operation Uranus, and General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram, saying that the German Sixth Army is surrounded.source
  • 1943November 22–26 – WWII: Cairo Conference ("Sextant") – President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Chairman of the National Government of China Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan in the Pacific War.source
  • 1943Lebanon gains independence, upon the ending of the French Mandate.source
  • 1944Conscription Crisis: Prime Minister of Canada William Mackenzie King agrees a one-time conscription levy in Canada for overseas service.source
  • 1944Laurence Olivier's film Henry V, based on Shakespeare's play, opens in London. It is the most acclaimed and the most successful movie version of a Shakespeare play made up to this time, and the first in Technicolor. Olivier both stars and directs.source
  • 1945A storm causes the partial collapse of the Onekaka Wharf, causing the wharf to be abandoned.source
  • 1951Rawalpindi Conspiracy trial concluded and the verdict was announced the following year in January.source
  • 1951Paramount Pictures releases George Pal science fiction film When Worlds Collide.source
  • 1952Colombia officially recognizes Venezuelan sovereignty over Los Monjes Archipelago.source
  • 1952Attempted assassination of journalist Ahmet Emin Yalman.source
  • 1953November 20–22 – First Indochina War: Operation Castor – In a massive airborne operation in Vietnam, French forces establish a base at Điện Biên Phủ.source
  • 1954Berman v. Parker (348 U.S. 26): The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the federal slum clearance and urban renewal programs.source
  • 1955The first Soviet hydrogen bomb, RDS-37, is tested.source
  • 1956The 1956 Summer Olympics begin in Melbourne, Australia.source
  • 1956Colombia participates in the Olympics for the fourth time at the 1956 Summer Olympics.source
  • 195622 November-8 December – Malaya competed for the first time in 1956 Olympic Games at Melbourne, Australia. 32 competitors, 31 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.source
  • 19581958 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by H.V. Evatt. This is the first election where television is used as a medium for communicating with voters. Evatt will eventually resign as Labor leader and will be replaced by his deputy Arthur Calwell.source
  • 1958The Shaw House, a 10-storey office block, is officially opened by then Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock.source
  • 1960The United Nations supports the government of Joseph Kasavubu and Joseph Mobutu in the Republic of the Congo.source
  • 1963Assassination of John F. Kennedy: In a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, and Governor of Texas John Connally is seriously wounded at 12:30 CST. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States.source
  • 1965The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is established as a specialized agency of the United Nations.source
  • 1967UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.source
  • 1968Terence O'Neill announces five point plan to ease Catholic grievances on housing allocation and electoral law.source
  • 1968First heart transplantations in Turkey (Ankara)source
  • 1968Japan Air Lines Flight 2, flying from Tokyo to San Francisco International Airport ditches in San Francisco Bay due to pilot error; all 107 on board survive without injury.source
  • 1968The Beatles ("The White Album") and The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society are released.source
  • 1969A Luxair flight from Frankfurt hits a snowback upon touchdown at Luxembourg-Findel. No-one is killed, but the plane is written off.source
  • 1970Guinean president Ahmed Sékou Touré accuses Portugal of an attack when hundreds of mercenaries land near the capital Conakry. The Guinean army repels the landing attempts over the next three days.source
  • 1971In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.source
  • 1974The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.source
  • 1975Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of General Francisco Franco; he will reign until his abdication in 2014.source
  • 1977British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.source
  • 1977The TCP/IP test succeeds, connecting 3 ARPANET nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the Internet protocol. See Packet Radio Vansource
  • 1980Gaston Thorn steps down as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg and is succeeded by Colette Flesch. Camille Polfer replaces Flesch as Mayor of Luxembourg City.source
  • 1981The Edmonton Eskimos (14–1–1) barely stave off defeat and win a record 4th consecutive Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League, at the 69th Grey Cup at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders (5–11–0) with a score of 26–23 in the final three seconds, after being down 20–1 at halftime.source
  • 1987Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.source
  • 1993November 17–22 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes the legislative houses in the United States, Canada and Mexico.source
  • 1995The 7.3 Mw Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.source
  • 2001First Minister David Trimble and deputy First Minister Mark Durkan meet with residents of Upper Ardoyne, and the next day, 23 November, the Holy Cross protests are called off after 14 weeks.source
  • 2002Prague summit: NATO announces seven new countries that intend to join: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.source
  • 2003Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile fired by the Islamic Army in Iraq and forced to land. All three crew members survive without injuries.source
  • 2004The Orange Revolution begins, following a disputed presidential election in Ukraine where Viktor Yanukovych won against Viktor Yushchenko amid accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared the winner.source
  • 2004November 14–26 – Typhoon Muifa kills 600 people in the Philippines.source
  • 2005Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.source
  • 2005Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.source
  • 2006A toxic waste dumping incident occurs in Côte d'Ivoire by a Panama ship sent by Singaporean oil company, causing 3 deaths and the poison treatment of 1500 people.source
  • 2017The International Court of Justice finds Ratko Mladić guilty of genocide committed in Srebrenica during the 1990s Bosnian War, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. He is sentenced to life in prison.source
  • 2022November 19–November 26 – The 2022 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games are held in Santa Marta, Colombia.source
  • 2024November 11–22 – COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan.source
  • 2025November 22–23 – The G20 Johannesburg summit is held in South Africa, the first time a G20 summit has been held in Africa.source

Births

  • 1329Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine consort of Nuremberg (died 1375)source
  • 1428Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (died 1471)source
  • 1515Mary of Guise, queen of James V and regent of Scotland (died 1560)source
  • 1515Mary of Guise, French noblewoman and Queen of Scotland (d.1560)source
  • 1532Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (died 1585)source
  • 1533Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian noble (died 1597)source
  • 1536Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1606)source
  • 1560Charles, Margrave of Burgau, German nobleman (died 1618)source
  • 1564Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English peer and traitor (died 1618)source
  • 1586Walter Erle, English politician (died 1665)source
  • 1602Elisabeth of France, queen of Philip IV of Spain (died 1644)source
  • 1635Francis Willughby, English biologist (died 1672)source
  • 1643René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (died 1687)source
  • 1693Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, daughter of Louis (died 1775)source
  • 1706Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (died 1758)source
  • 1710Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (died 1784)source
  • 1746Bernt Anker, merchant, chamberlain and playwright (died 1805).source
  • 1768William Williams (Gwilym Twrog), poet (died 1836)source
  • 1814Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (died 1893)source
  • 1819George Eliot, British novelist (died 1880)source
  • 1879Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer (died 1942)source
  • 1890Charles de Gaulle, President of France (died 1970)source
  • 1913Benjamin Britten, English composer (died 1976)source
  • 1943Billie Jean King, American tennis playersource
  • 1947Alfredo Cristiani, politiciansource
  • 1955Milan Bandić, Croatian politician (died 2021)source

Deaths

  • 365Felix II, antipope of Rome (born 287)source
  • 950King Lothair II dies at Turin (possibly poisoned by Berengar of Ivrea). Berengar is crowned king of Italy and imprisons Lothair's now 19-year-old widow, Adelaide for four months at Como.source
  • 950Lothair II, king of Italysource
  • 1095Donngus Ua hAingliu, Irish bishopsource
  • 1249As-Salih Ayyub, Ayyubid ruler of Egypt (born 1205)source
  • 1249Geoffrey de Liberatione, Scottish cleric and bishopsource
  • 1286Eric V (Klipping), king of Denmark (born 1249)source
  • 1318Mikhail of Tver, Kievan Grand Prince (born 1271)source
  • 1392Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford and Duke of Ireland (born 1362)source
  • 1554Upon the death of his father, Sultan Islam Shah Suri, 12-year-old Firuz Shah Suri becomes the Sultan of the Sur Empire at Delhi, but he is murdered within a few days.source
  • 1554Islam Shah Suri, Sultan of Delhisource
  • 1614Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, Lord Treasurer of Ireland (born c. 1513)source
  • 1617Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (born 1590)source
  • 1695Francis Nurse, husband of Rebecca Nurse, (accused during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692), (born 1618)source
  • 1718Blackbeard, English pirate (killed) (born 1680)source
  • 1728Joseph Boyse, Presbyterian minister (born 1660)source
  • 1736Thomas Lewis, politician, owner of The Van estate, 56/57source
  • 1774Robert Clive, British military officer and East India Company official (born 1725)source
  • 1850Lin Zexu, political philosopher and politician (b.1785)source
  • 1854José Joaquín Prieto (born 1786)source
  • 186122 November (in Grafton, New South Wales): William Edward Vincent, printer and publishersource
  • 1875Henry Wilson, 18th Vice President of the United States (born 1812)source
  • 1876Charles Flinders Hursthouse, author and settler.source
  • 1900Sir Arthur Sullivan, English composer (born 1842)source
  • 1916Jack London, American author (born 1876)source
  • 1944November 22 Johan Pitka, Estonian entrepreneur, sea captain and admiral (born 1872)source
  • 1963C. S. Lewis, Irish-born British critic, novelist (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Christian apologist (born 1898)source
  • 1963John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (assassinated) (born 1917)source
  • 2014Tamir Rice, a twelve-year-old African-American boy, is killed by a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio.source