November 15

1766

Louis Antoine de Bougainville left Nantes today to circumnavigate the world, with two ships and three hundred and twenty-nine able-bodied men. But historians all agree the total crew was two hundred and thirty? And so it was. Go to the Ancien Régime page of "Woman-Blindness" and learn what other flower Philibert Commerçon named besides the one on the right that he gave to his captain. Jeanne Baret is the listing.




Amber pages

Sir William Herschel, Discoverer of the planet Uranus, born today in 1738

Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, born today in 1887, at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin


Daniel Barenboim, musician,  conductor and spouse of Jaqueline du Pré (click here), born today in 1942



And reversing those numbers, the first recorded reference to tobacco was made, today in 1492, though whether it was by the Spanish explorer Cristóbal Colón or the Genoese explorer Cristoforo Colombo is open to as much debate as you can manage, preferably without too much coughing and spitting, and No Smoking in the chamber thank you very much.


First papal visit to West Germany in 200 years, today in 1980. Yes, but did it achieve anything? 

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