What Happened in November 1893

Historical Events

Nov 14 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" premieres in Berlin, Germany

Nov 18 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus

Nov 28 Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election

Nov 29 Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
Nov 30 2nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 40-16 in Montgomery

Nov 2 Battista Farina, Italian automobile designer and founder of Pininfarina company, born in Cortanze, Italy (d. 1966)
Nov 3 Charley Barrett, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Cornell undefeated National C'ship 1915), born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
Nov 3 Robert Lindley Murray, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1917-18), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
Nov 5 Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer, born in Paris (d. 1986)
Nov 6 August Defresne, Dutch playwright and director (Uninhabited Island), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1961)
Nov 7 Leatrice Joy, American actress (The Ace of Hearts), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1985)
Nov 8 Prajadhipok, Rama VII, last absolute king of Siam (1925–35), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1941)
Nov 10 John P. Marquand, American writer (The Late George Apley), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1960)
Nov 11 Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian essayist, activist and founder of the Brazilian Christian Democracy, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1983)
Nov 13 Edward A. Doisy Sr, American bio-chemist (Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943), born in Hume, Illinois (d. 1986)
Nov 14 Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian writer (La Madonna dei filosofi - The Philosoper's Madonna; Giornale di guerra e di prigionia - War and Prison Diary), poet, and engineer (Vatican City power station), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1973)

Nov 14 Dutch track cyclist (world sprint champion 1921-24, 26), born in Loosduinen, Netherlands

Nov 16 Cornelis Jakob van der Klauw, Dutch biologist and zoologist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1972)
Nov 16 Cristóbal Torriente, Cuban Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL NL batting champion 1920; NgL NL pennant 1920–22; Chicago American Giants; career batting average: .352), born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 1938)
Nov 19 René Voisin, French classical trumpet player, born in Angers, France (d. 1952)
Nov 22 Harley Earl, American automobile designer (1st head of design at General Motors), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1969)
Nov 22 Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin, born in Kabany, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1991)
Nov 24 Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
Nov 24 Fern Andra [Vernal Edna Andrews], German-American actress (Eyes of the World), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1974)
Nov 27 Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer, born in Kroszyce, Kielce, Poland (d. 1963)

Nov 2 Daniel Payne, American bishop, reformer and educator (African Methodist Episcopal Church), dies at 82
Nov 4 Cornelis Eliza van Koetsveld, Dutch writer and preacher, dies at 86
Nov 4 Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)

Nov 6 Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake), dies of suspected cholera at 53

Nov 7 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, dies at 37
Nov 8 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), dies at 70
Nov 12 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austrian attorney and politician (Premier of Austria 1852-59), dies at 80
Nov 13 Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 78
Nov 16 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), dies of natural causes at 87
Nov 17 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
Nov 22 James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826)
Nov 27 Stephen Wilcox, American inventor of steam generators for power stations and ships (Babcock & Wilcox), dies at 63 [1]