Historical Events
Music History
Nov 5 Bedřich Smetana's complete "Má Vlast" premieres, conducted by Adolf Čech, at Žofín Palace, Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
- Nov 16 British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys villages of Abari and Asaba on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing
- Nov 17 British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys village of Torofani on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 Leo Perutz, Austrian writer and mathematician, born in Prague (d. 1957)
- Nov 8 Lazare Saminsky, Russian-American composer, born in Valegotsulova, near Odessa (d. 1959)
- Nov 9 Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman (5 Tests; 3 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC) and umpire (21 Tests), born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (d. 1947)
- Nov 10 Max Mell, Austria artillery officer and literary (Donauweibchen), born in Maribor, Slovenia (d. 1971)
- Nov 11 Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-73), born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1973)
- Nov 13 John Lowry, American NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1962)
- Nov 15 Felix Frankfurter, American jurist and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939-62), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1965)
- Nov 18 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1963)
- Nov 18 Jacques Maritain, French Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas), born in Paris (d. 1973)
- Nov 18 Wyndham Lewis, English author (Tarr, Apes of God) and co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art, born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1957)
- Nov 20 Andy Coakley, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia A's, Cincinnati Reds) and coach (Williams College 1911–13, Columbia University 1915–18), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1963)
- Nov 22 Charles Vildrac, French author, poet and playwright (La Brouille, Michel Auclair, Notes sur la technique poétique), born in Paris, France (d. 1971)
- Nov 23 Johan Conrad Kikkert, Dutch painter and critic who promoted modern art in the Netherlands through Modern Art Circle, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1965)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, dies at 61
- Nov 20 (Albert) Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer, and conductor, dies at 62
- Nov 20 Henry Draper, American amateur astronomer (photos of the Moon, Orion Nebula), dies of pleurisy at 45
- Nov 21 Sergey Nechayev, Russian Nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary), dies at 35
- Nov 26 Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian conservative statesman and Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850-88), dies at 77
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