Historical Events
On Translating Home
Nov 3 Poet and critic Matthew Arnold begins his series of lectures "On Translating Home" as Oxford Professor of Poetry at Oxford University
Lincoln Elected President
Nov 6 Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Boies Penrose, American politician (U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1897-1921)), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
- Nov 7 Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (Father of The Tank), born in Condé en Barrois, France (d. 1936)
- Nov 13 Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s; Victoria CA, NSW CA, Queensland CA), born in London, England (d. 1896)
- Nov 16 Edmund Schücker, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1911)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Nov 18 Polish pianist, composer and statesman (Prime Minister of Poland, 1919), born in Kuryłówka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Tom Horn (1860-1903)
Nov 21 American gunfighter and outlaw, born in Scotland County, Missouri
Famous Weddings
- Nov 11 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
Famous Deaths
- Nov 5 Carl Binder, Austrian composer, dies at 43
- Nov 8 Charles Fellows, English Archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities of ancient Lycia and brought to Lycian marbles to England, dies at 61
- Nov 14 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58
- Nov 28 Ludwig Rellstab, German music theorist, dies at 61
