Page 8: Historical Events In November - 07

2018  US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appoints Matthew Whitaker in his place as acting Attorney General on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history world's oldest figurative painting of a beast at least 40,000 years old identified in Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, Indonesian Borneo   

2018  Emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London on November - 07.   

2019  On this day in history queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur   

2019  On November - 07 former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is sentenced to 30 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the longest sentence ever handed down by the International Criminal Court.   

2020  On this day in history former Vice-President Joe Biden declared the winner of the US Presidential race, four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump   

2023  On November - 07 australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, re-establishing dialogue between the countries two leaders after a seven-year gap [1]   

2023  The Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces his pending resignation. The President of Portugal decides to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections to be held on 10 March 2024 on this day in history.   

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0630  On this day in history birth of constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)   

1598  Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)   

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen   

1687  William Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1706  Carlo Cecere, composer was born on November - 07.   

0644  Death of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam on this day in history.   

0739  On November - 07 willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81   

1225  On November - 07 death of engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40   

1550  On November - 07 death of jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)   

1560  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on this day in history.   

1573  Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on this day in history.   

1599  Death of Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546) on November - 07.