Historical Events In November - 15
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1835 On November - 15 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti
1836 Pierce Manning Butler Young, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.
1837 On November - 15 the shorthand system, 'Pitman', is first published
1837 On this day in history isaac Pitman introduces his steno system
1840 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] on this day in history.
1842 On this day in history joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43
1845 Opera "Maritana" is produced (London) on November - 15.
1848 P Rossi, Italian, murdered on November - 15.
1849 1st US poultry show opens in Boston on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history in Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
1862 On November - 15 adolf Bartels, German folk art writer
1863 On November - 15 frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies
1864 On November - 15 sherman burns Atlanta
1864 On November - 15 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated on this day in history.
1870 Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union on November - 15.
1872 On November - 15 robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)
1874 On November - 15 schack August Steenberg Krogh, Denmark, physiologist (Nobel-1920)
1878 Bela Reinitz, composer on November - 15.
1879 Lewis Stone, Worcester Mass, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on this day in history.
1881 American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) on November - 15.
1881 Franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please) on November - 15.
1882 On November - 15 british HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger
1882 On November - 15 felix Frankfurter, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice (1939-62)
1884 On this day in history colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin
1884 On November - 15 colonization of Africa orgainized at Intl conference in Berlin
1887 On November - 15 british SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
1887 On November - 15 georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull)
1888 James Morrison, Mattoon IL, actor (Little Detectives) on November - 15.
1889 Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed on November - 15.
1891 The birth of Erwin Rommel, Leading German General of WWII on November - 15.
1891 On this day in history erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-African campaign)
1895 Ina Claire, actress (Claudia, Ninotchka, Rebound) on November - 15.
1897 Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet/author (People's Palace) on this day in history.
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