What happened on November 4 ?

1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea (b. circa 1192).

1411 - Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)

1584 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (b. 1538)

1652 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (b. 1597)

1669 - Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)

1698 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)

1702 - John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)

1704 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)

1781 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)

1801 - William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712)

1847 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b. 1809)

1856 - Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)

1893 - Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)

1918 - Wilfred Owen, English poet (b. 1893)

1924 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)

1928 - Arnold Rothstein, American gambler (b. 1882)

1930 - Buddy Bolden, American musician (b. 1877)

1955 - Cy Young, baseball player (b. 1867)

1957 - Shoghi Effendi, Guarduan of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1897)

1968 - Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)

1980 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1905)

1982 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)

1986 - Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)

1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (assassinated) (b. 1922)

1995 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (suicide) (b. 1925)

1999 - Malcolm Marshall, West Indian cricketer (b. 1958)

2003 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (b. 1923)

2005 - Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet & journalist (b. 1980)

Panama's Flag Day

Roman festivals - start of the Ludi Plebeii

Roman Catholic Saints - Feast day of the following Roman Catholic saints: Saint Charles Borromeo

St. Birrstan

St. Clarus

St. Emeric

St. Joannicus

St. Modesta

St. Nicander and Hermas

St. Philologus and Patrobas

St. Pierius

St. Vitalis

Also see November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qudrat (Power) - First day of the 13th month of the Bahá'í calendar

Italy - celebration of victory in World War I, the date of the Armed Forces

Russia - Day of People's Unity (or National Unity Day)

BBC: On This Day