Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria — November 25
The feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria falls on 25 November. Saint Catherine’s Monastery, built by the emperor Justinian in
Contributing Writer · Venice
Andrea Manzo
Andrea Manzo is a journalist who writes on the lesser-known places of Venice — the churches, courtyards and workshops the crowds walk past.
Contributions: 10 articles · 811 events · 4 itineraries · 3 photographs
2 articles on the Italian archive
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
Anniversary: C.S. Lewis Commemorated in Poets’ Corner — November 22
C.S. Lewis died on 22 November 1963. Fifty years later, on the same date in 2013, a memorial stone to
Anniversary: The Velvet Revolution Begins — November 17, 1989
On 17 November 1989, riot police broke up a peaceful student march on Národní třída, the street leading to Prague’s
Anniversary: The Fall of the Berlin Wall — November 9, 1989
On the evening of 9 November 1989, an East German spokesman announced that border crossings would open “immediately, without delay.”
Anniversary: The Storming of the Winter Palace — November 7, 1917
On the night of 7 November 1917 by the Western calendar — 25 October by the Julian calendar Russia still
Anniversary: The Gunpowder Plot — November 5, 1605
In the early hours of 5 November 1605, a search of the cellars beneath the House of Lords at the
Anniversary: Entrance to Tutankhamun’s Tomb Discovered — November 4, 1922
On 4 November 1922, workers under archaeologist Howard Carter cut into a step in the Valley of the Kings —
All Saints’ Day — November 1
All Saints’ Day falls on 1 November. Tradition holds that in the eighth century Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel
Anniversary: The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi — January 30, 1948
Mohandas K. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in the garden of Birla House, New Delhi, on his way
Anniversary: The 1531 Lisbon Earthquake — January 26, 1531
On 26 January 1531 a strong earthquake struck Lisbon, heavily damaging the lower town along the Tagus — the city’s