Historical Events
Stanley Encounters Livingstone
Nov 10 Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Alexander Spendiaryan, Armenian-Soviet conductor and composer (Three Palms; Yerevan Sketches), born in Kakhovka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1928)
Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
Nov 1 American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Nov 3 Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league five eighth (RL pioneer; Hunslet 713 games), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire (d. 1943)
- Nov 9 Florence Sabin, American Scientist who was the first woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins and the first lifetime woman member of the National Academy of Sciences, born in Central City, Colorado (d. 1953)
- Nov 10 Winston Churchill, American author (Crisis, Crossing), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1947)
- Nov 15 Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg, Austrian botanist who was one of three scientists (also Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns) who independently rediscovered Gregor Mendel's work on the laws of genetics, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1962)
- Nov 18 Amadeo Vives, Spanish composer, born in Collbató, Spain (d. 1932)
- Nov 20 William Heard Kilpatrick, American mathematician and philosopher, born in White Plains, Georgia (d. 1965)
- Nov 21 Panayot Pipkov, Bulgarian bandmaster, composer, pedagogue, and (with his son) Antarctic glacier namesake, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (d. 1942)
- Nov 25 Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, Dutch actor and director (Ghost Hotel, Two Boys), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1939)
- Nov 27 Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and electrical engineer (Giorgi system of measurement), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1950)
