On this day in November
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 1
November 1:
- 1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 2
November 2:
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 3
November 3:
- 625 - Honorius I is elected as Pope.
- 644 - Umar ibn al-Chattab, the second Muslim caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.
- 1483 - Giuliano della Rovere is appointed as Bishop of Bologna.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 4
November 4:
- 1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady, author of hymn, "Rock of Ages", born. (d. 1778)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 5
November 5:
- 1556 - Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 6
November 6:
- 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 7
November 7:
- 1225 - Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne, dies.
- 1581 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar, dies.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 8
November 8:
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 9
November 9:
- 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
- 1282 - Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
- 1697 - Pope Innocent VIII founds the city of Cervia.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 10
November 10:
- 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 11
November 11:
- 1215 - The Fourth Lateran Council meets, adopting the doctrine of transubstantiation, meaning that bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ.
- 1634 - Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes "An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery".
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 12
November 12:
- 1615 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman, born. (d. 1691)
- 1651 - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican scholar, nun, and writer of the baroque school, born.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 13
November 13:
- 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian, born. (d. 430)
- 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian, born. (d. 1543)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 14
November 14:
- 1601 - Jean Eudes, French missionary, born. (d. 1680)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 15
November 15:
- 1515 - Thomas Wolsey invested as a Cardinal.
- 1791 - The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 16
November 16:
- 1491 - An auto de fe, held in Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 17
November 17:
- 1681 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian, born. (d. 1776)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 18
November 18:
- 326 - The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
- 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins.
- 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam ("The One Holy").
- 1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 19
November 19:
- 461 - St. Hilarius becomes Pope.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 20
November 20:
- 1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer, born. (d. 1682)
- 1660 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian, born. (d. 1741)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 21
November 21:
- 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
- 235 - Anterus is elected Pope.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 22
November 22:
- 498 - After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 23
November 23:
- 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to examine the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 24
November 24:
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 25
November 25:
- 1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar, born. (d. 1570)
- 1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic, born. (d. 1939)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 26
November 26:
- 1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman, born. (d. 1638)
- 1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 27
November 27:
- 399 - St. Anastius I becomes Pope.
- 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 28
November 28:
- 1095 - On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 29
November 29:
- 1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher, born. (d. 1819)
Portal:Religion/On this day/November 30
November 30:
- 539 - Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian, born. (d. 594)