Historical Events In November - 07

1863  On November - 07 battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA  

1864  2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes on November - 07.  

1865  On November - 07 london Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded  

1866  On November - 07 carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer  

1867  The birth of Marie Curie, First woman to win the Nobel prize for physics on November - 07.  

1867  On this day in history madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)  

1872  Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later on this day in history.  

1872  On November - 07 the ship Marie Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted  

1872  On this day in history cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later  

1874  On this day in history the first cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast  

1874  On November - 07 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast  

1874  On this day in history joseph Willoughby, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96)  

1875  On this day in history verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa  

1875  Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa on this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in US college (Yale)  

1876  Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, (Gov-D-Cal) on November - 07.  

1876  On this day in history albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65  

1877  Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer on this day in history.  

1878  Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium) on November - 07.  

1879  On this day in history eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher/glass painter  

1880  On this day in history carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72  

1883  On this day in history elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New Va, TV preacher  

1885  The last spike is driven in the first Canadian transcontinental main line at Craigellachie B.C. in the Eagle Pass. Van Horne makes his famous fifteen-word speech "All I can say is that the work has been well done in every way" on this day in history.  

1885  On this day in history canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie  

1886  On November - 07 aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player (openings theorist)  

1888  Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930) on this day in history.  

1889  George Davis, Netherlands, actor (Devil May Care) on this day in history.  

1893  State Colorado accept female suffrage on November - 07.  

1893  Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37 on November - 07.  

1895  Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81) on this day in history.  

1896  Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate) on this day in history.  

1897  Ruth Pitter, British(?) poet on this day in history.  

1900  On this day in history lt. Hampden Z.C. Cockburn (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa  

1900  On November - 07 lt. Richard E.W. Turner (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa  

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0630  Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668) was born on this day in history.  

1598  Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664) was born on November - 07.  

1619  Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) was born on November - 07.  

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on November - 07.  

1656  On November - 07 birth of walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen  

1687  William Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

1692  Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg) was born on November - 07.  

1706  On November - 07 birth of carlo Cecere, composer  

0644  On this day in history death of umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam  

0739  Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1225  Death of Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 on November - 07.  

1550  Death of Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484) on November - 07.  

1560  On this day in history peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies  

1573  Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies on November - 07.  

1581  On November - 07 death of richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar  

1599  Death of Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546) on this day in history.