November 15November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. Events 600-1799 655 Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. 1777 American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of - James ScholefieldJames Scholefield ( November 15, 1789 April 4, 1853), English classical scholar, was born at Henley-on-Thames. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was in 1825 appointed professor of Greek in the university and canon of
December 28December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. Events 418 St. Boniface I becomes Pope 1065 Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1832 John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the Uni – Catharine SedgwickCatharine Maria Sedgwick born December 28, 1789 died July 31, 1867, was an American novelist. Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of a prosperous lawyer and successful politician who later became a judge of the Massachusetts supreme c, American writer (d. 1867Events January 8 African-American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia January 11 Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president again January 30 Emperor Komei of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor of J)
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Baron d'HolbachPaul Henry Thiry, baron d'Holbach ( 1723 Baron d'Holbach#References|[1]]] 1789 Baron d'Holbach#References|[2]]]) was an homme de lettres, philosophe and encyclopediste. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, Germany. D'Holbach's mother (nee Holba