What Happened in November 1866

Historical Events

Nov 3 Harry Staley, American baseball pitcher (MLB record 9 RBI 1893; record lasts 70+ years), born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1910)
Nov 5 Daniel Protheroe, Welsh conductor and composer, born in Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire, Wales (d. 1934)
Nov 7 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1946)
Nov 8 Herbert Austin, English automobile designer and builder (founder of Austin Motor Company), born in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1941)

Nov 12 Chinese revolutionary and father of modern China, born in Xiangshan [now Zhongshan], Guangdong, Qing Dynasty

Nov 13 Abraham Flexner, American educator, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1959)
Nov 17 Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist, writer and speaker, born in Leslie, Michigan (d. 1912)

Nov 20 American federal judge (1905-22), Baseball HOF executive and 1st MLB Commissioner (1920-44), born in Millville, Ohio

Nov 24 Edwin Binney, American inventor and businessman (carbon black, 1st dustless white chalk, Crayola crayon), born in Shrub Oak, New York (d. 1934) [1]
Nov 26 Hugh Duffy, American Baseball HOF outfielder (Triple Crown & MLB record .440 batting average, single season 1894 Boston Beaneaters), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1954)
Nov 28 Dick Lilley, English cricket wicket-keeper (35 Tests from 1896 to 1909), born in Holloway Head, Warwickshire, England (d. 1929)

Nov 28 American architect (Lincoln Memorial), born in Watseka, Illinois

Nov 28 Johan Bakker Sr, Dutch actor and husband of Truus Soete, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1928)
Nov 29 Waldemar von Baussnern, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1931)

Nov 9 Tsarevich Alexander of Russia (later Alexander III) marries Princess Dagmar of Denmark at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg

Nov 14 King of Portugal (1828-34), dies at 64

Nov 21 Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, French politician and historian, dies at 84
Nov 26 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, dies at 59
Nov 26 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), dies at 72