Historical Moments for November 16

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16 November 2010  
Historical Moments for November 16


In births:
November 16th 1569    Paul Sartorius, composer
November 16th 1587    Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha)
November 16th 1615    Guillaume Dumanoir, composer
November 16th 1642    Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt admiral of Zeeland
November 16th 1653    Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1707-09)
November 16th 1684    Abraham Alewijn, Dutch poet/playwright (Puiterveense Helleveeg)
November 16th 1715    Girolamo Abos, composer
November 16th 1717    Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician
November 16th 1720    Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer
November 16th 1730    Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician
November 16th 1757    Daniel Read, composer
November 16th 1762    Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess
November 16th 1766    Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv)
November 16th 1780    Robert Archibald Smith, composer
November 16th 1793    Francis Danby, Irish painter