November 15
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on November 15 this year.
- R. Shmuel Eidels (the Maharsha)d. 1631 CE
Talmudist; authored Chiddushei Halachot and Aggadot on the Talmud
Trace this life → - R. Baruch Ber Leibowitzd. 1939 CE
Rosh yeshiva of Kamenitz; author of Birkas Shmuel
- 1280 CEChristian · died
Albertus Magnus, the Dominican philosopher and naturalist who taught Thomas Aquinas, died at the Dominican convent in Cologne.
- 1670 CEChristian · died
John Amos Comenius, the Czech theologian and educator sometimes called the father of modern education, died in Amsterdam.
- 1889 CEIslamic · born
Taha Hussein, the blind Egyptian scholar and critic later called the 'Dean of Arabic Literature,' was born in Upper Egypt in 1889.
- 1906 CEBuddhist · born
Nikkyo Niwano, co-founder and first president of the lay Buddhist movement Rissho Kosei Kai, was born on this day in 1906.
- 1982 CEHindu · died
Vinoba Bhave, the Bhagavad Gita expositor and Gandhian founder of the Bhoodan land-gift movement, died at Paunar in Maharashtra.
- 2023 CEBuddhist · died
Daisaku Ikeda, the long-serving president of Soka Gakkai International and a Buddhist peace advocate, died on this day in 2023.
- 1738 CEScience · born
William Herschel, the Hanover-born astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus and infrared radiation, was born; his sister Caroline became his lifelong observing partner.
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