Top Historical Events That Happened on November 22
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
0365 [Felix II] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0365 Felix II, Italian anti-pope, dies. 

0498 In this year, St Symmachus starts his reign as Pope replacing Anastasius II. 

0845 845 : the inaugural King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. 

0950 Lotharius, King of Italy (947-50), dies 

1221 Frederik II Hohenstaufen crowned Roman-German Emperor. 

1247 Robin Hood, dies (from "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood") 

1346 Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements 

1450 Jacob Obrecht, composer. 

1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope. 

1511 Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician (calculated planetary table). 

1515 Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland. 

1535 John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Neth royal family. 

1542 Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America 

1573 The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded. 

1574 Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile. 

1579 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist 

1594 Martin Frobisher, English vice-admiral/explorer, dies. 

1606 Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher. 

1617 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies. 

1643 René R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer. 

1675 English king Charles II adjourns parliament. 

1683 Purcells "Welcome to All the Pleasures," premieres in London. 

1690 Francois Collin de Blamont, composer. 

1699 Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden. 

1707 Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland. 

1709 Frantisek Benda, composer. 

1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of JS Bach (Sinfonias 64) 

1714 King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden 

1718 Blackbeard the Pirate killed on North Carolina shore 

1718 Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. 

1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast 

1751 Anton Englert, composer, dies at 77. 

1767 Andreas Hofer, Tirol nationalist. 

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