On This day In History… 28th November

November 28^th may sound innocuous at first, but over the course of history it has, like any other day, accumulated its fair share of notable events. Here are a few such events as well as births and deaths that we thought merited a mention.

Events…

• 1520: The first three European ships to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean reach their destination under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
• 1582: William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage license in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
• 1785: The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
• 1811: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73, premiers at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
• 1814: London-based paper The Times is printed by new automatic steam powered presses, signalling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to the wider public.
• 1821: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia, marking Panama Independence Day.
• 1893: New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election.
• 1960: West African state Mauritania becomes independent of France.
• 1972: The last executions in Paris took place. The convicts were Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems.

Births…

• 1118: Manuel I Komnenos – Byzantine emperor (d. 1180).
• 1489: Margaret Tudor – wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541).
• 1570: James Whitelocke – English judge and politician; Chief Justice of Chester.
• 1681: Jean Cavalier – French rebel leader.
• 1772: Luke Howard – English chemist and meteorologist.
• 1810: William Froude – English engineer and architect.
• 1950: Ed Harris – American actor and producer.
• 1961: Martin Clunes – English actor, singer and director.
• 1979: Chamillionaire – American rapper, producer and actor.
• 1985: Caitlin McClatchey – English-Scottish swimmer.
• 1987: Craig Keiswetter – English cricketer.
• 1990: Dedryck Boyata – Belgian footballer.

Deaths…

• 1574: Georg Major – German theologian and educator.
• 1680: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi – Italian painter and architect.
• 1859: Washington Irving – American historian and author.
• 1915: Mubarak Al-Sabah – Kuwaiti ruler.
• 1945: Dwight F. Davis – American tennis player and politician; 49^thS Secretary of War
• 1953: Frank Olson – American biologist and chemist.
• 1971: Wasfi al-Tal – Jordanian captain and politician; 34^th Prime Minister of Jordan.
• 1982: Helen of Greece and Denmark.
• 1993: Garry Moore – American comedian and game show host.
• 2003: Ted Bates – English footballer and manager.
• 2005: Marc Lawrence – American actor, director, producer and screenwriter.
• 2010: Leslie Nielsen – Canadian-American actor and comedian.