Events in History Nov 25 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (later Fort Pitt/Pittsburgh) from French Birthdays in History Nov 7 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker and politician, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1837) Nov 16 Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist, born in Vordingborg, Denmark (d. 1841) Deaths in History Nov 5 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686) Nov 22 Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680) 1757 On This Day in History 1759