What happened on November 30 ?

1016 - Edmund II of England

1580 - Richard Farrant, English composer

1626 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer

1654 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)

1675 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)

1703 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)

1705 - Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)

1718 - King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)

1761 - John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)

1765 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)

1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)

1901 - Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b. 1815)

1920 - Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)

1933 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)

1935 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888)

1943 - Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist (executed) (b. 1914)

1953 - Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1857)

1954 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)

1955 - Josip ?tolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896)

1958 - Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)

1967 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b. 1904)

1987 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1913)

1989 - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer

1993 - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)

1994 - Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1931)

1996 - Tiny Tim, American entertainer (b. 1932)

1997 - Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)

1997 - Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)

2003 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)

2004 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)

2005 - Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)