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 November - 07 world's oldest figurative painting of a beast at least 40,000 years old identified in Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, Indonesian Borneo   

2018  On this day in history emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London   

2019  Queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur on this day in history.   

2019  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 on November - 07.   

2020  Former Vice-President Joe Biden declared the winner of the US Presidential race, four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump on November - 07.   

2023  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] on this day in history.   

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  Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668) was born on November - 07.   

1598  Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664) was born on November - 07.   

1619  On November - 07 birth of gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)   

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on November - 07.   

1656  Walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen was born on November - 07.   

1687  On November - 07 birth of william Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765)   

1692  Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg) was born on November - 07.   

1706  On November - 07 birth of carlo Cecere, composer   

0644  On this day in history death of umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam   

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

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

1550  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) on November - 07.   

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  On this day in history death of richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar   

1599  On November - 07 death of gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)