Deaths on November 8

Girolamo Mercuriale

Died on November 8, 1606

Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)

Girolamo Mercuriale or Mercuriali (Italian: Geronimo Mercuriali; Latin: Hieronymus Mercurialis, Hyeronimus Mercurialis) (September 30, 1530 – November 8, 1606) was an Italian philologist and physician, most famous for his work De Arte Gymnastica.

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Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.
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The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.