AncientPages.com – On November 14, 1716, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, a famous German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, died. Born on July 1, 1646, in Leipzig, Germany, Leibniz was a brilliant young man who began studying at Leipzig University at 15.
AncientPages.com – On November 13, 1093, died Malcolm III, King of Scots from 1058 to 1093. He was nicknamed Canmore (in Scottish Gaelic: “Great Chief,” Malcolm ruled for 35 years, and his reign preceded the beginning of the Scotto-Norman age. In
AncientPages.com – On November 12, 1035, King Canute (Cnut The Great) died, a Danish King of England and ruler of one of the largest Nordic empires. The Viking king had to fight very hard to reach his power. Cnut in the Genealogical
AncientPages.com – On November 11, 1805, the battle of Durnstein took place in the Wachau valley, on the river Danube, 73 kilometers (45 mi) upstream from Vienna, Austria. It was one of the military encounters in the Napoleonic Wars during the
AncientPages.com – On November 10, 1150, the Scottish Dryburgh Abbey was founded, and it is believed that construction works continued for most of the following century. Dryburgh Abbey, located near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed, is perhaps the
AncientPages.com – On 9 November 1729, the Treaty of Seville was signed between Great Britain, France, and Spain, concluding the Anglo-Spanish War (1727). Preliminary discussions had already taken place between Britain and Spain at the Convention of Pardo and the Congress
AncientPages.com – On November 8, 1519, Hernán Cortés, a Spanish Conquistador, entered Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Cortés led an expedition that contributed much to the fall of the Aztec Empire. During the march through Mexico, Cortés encountered a
AncientPages.com – On November 7, 1492, the Ensisheim meteorite was observed to fall in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Austria (now France). It was a stony, triangular-shaped meteorite weighing 127 kilograms. The
AncientPages.com – On November 6, 1217, the Charter of the Forest was first issued at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, as a complementary charter to the Magna Carta from which it had evolved. The document was later reissued in 1225. Charter of the Forest,
AncientPages.com – On November 5, 1867, was born George Andrew Reisner an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt and Palestine. George Andrew Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1889, Reisner was the head football coach at Purdue University, coaching for one
AncientPages.com – On November 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings. The tomb was intact and packed with antiquities, including Tut’s world-famous golden mask. King Tut’s golden mask. Credit: Mark Fischer –
AncientPages.com – On November 3, 1492, the Peace of Etaples was signed in Étaples (northern France) between the kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor of England. The Treaty served to end an English invasion of France, launched
AncientPages.com – On November 2, 1950, died George Bernard Shaw. He was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist who strongly influenced Western cultural and political life. George Bernard Shaw at his country home in Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Eng., 1946. Image
AncientPages.com – On November 1, 1512, the Sistine Chapel’s beautiful ceiling was shown to the public for the first time. The ceiling was commissioned by Pope Julius II and painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. Image credit: Antoine Taveneaux – CC BY-SA
AncientPages.com – On October 31, 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to join the United States. It was during a critical period of the Civil War. This event was facilitated by President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation, reflecting the need for additional Republican representation in
AncientPages.com – On October 29, 539 BC, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and detained Nabonidus, who, along with his son Belshazzar had been mostly unpopular figures. Cyrus the Great is said in the Bible
