Famous Birthdays Nov 4 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1656) Nov 8 Francesco Gonzaga, Italian composer, born in Mantua, Italy (d. 1628) Famous Deaths Nov 8 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49 Nov 18 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) Nov 28 Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60 Nov 29 Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547) 1589 History by Year 1591 What Happened in 1590 Battle of Ivry March 14, 1590