Historical Events In November - 01

1849  Dutch govt of Thorbecke forms on November - 01.  

1853  Jose Santos Zelaya, (L), ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910) on November - 01.  

1855  On November - 01 guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)  

1859  On this day in history the current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.  

1859  Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) on this day in history.  

1861  On November - 01 gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies  

1862  On November - 01 johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer/conductor/organist (Cyrano)  

1863  Fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops on November - 01.  

1863  -8] Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia on November - 01.  

1863  Alfred Reisenauer, composer on November - 01.  

1864  -Dec) Tennessee campaign on this day in history.  

1865  Zutphen-Fishing Dutch railway opens on this day in history.  

1865  Monty Bowden, cricketer (England Test capt v S Africa at 23) on November - 01.  

1866  1st Civil Rights Bill passes on this day in history.  

1867  "Harpers Bazaar" publishes on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra  

1870  US Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) on November - 01.  

1871  On this day in history the birth of Stephen Crane, American novelist  

1871  Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer on November - 01.  

1876  King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) on this day in history.  

1877  Dutch govt of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns on November - 01.  

1877  Roger Quilter, British composer on November - 01.  

1878  Edward Scripps & John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) on November - 01.  

1878  Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936) on this day in history.  

1879  Pal Teleki-von Szek, geographer/premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41) on November - 01.  

1880  On November - 01 alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist (continental shift)  

1881  On this day in history jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22  

1884  The Harbour Grace Railway, the first railway on Newfoundland, is opened for traffic between St. Johns and Harbour Grace. The last spike was driven by Prince George, later to become King George V, who was at the time visiting Newfoundland as a midshipman aboard H.M.S. Cumberland on November - 01.  

1884  On November - 01 the Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.  

1885  On this day in history first train service established over CP between Montreal and Winnipeg via Ottawa, Sudbury and the Lakehead.  

1885  On November - 01 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei  

1886  Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka was established with 37 students on this day in history.  

1886  On November - 01 hermann Broch, Austria, novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment)  

1887  The birth of L.S Lowry, English artist; famous for his matchstick figures on November - 01.  

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1050  On November - 01 birth of henry IV, German emperor (1056/84-1105) [or Nov 11]  

1339  On this day in history birth of duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)  

1351  Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386) was born on November - 01.  

1500  Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/goldsmith/author (Perseus) was born on November - 01.  

1526  On November - 01 birth of catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583)  

1530  On November - 01 birth of Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)  

1539  On November - 01 birth of pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)  

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)  

0921  Death of Richard, Duke of Burgundy on November - 01.  

0955  Death of Henry I, Duke of Bavaria on November - 01.  

1296  On November - 01 death of guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)  

1391  Death of Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360) on November - 01.  

1399  On this day in history death of john V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)  

1535  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies  

1546  Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies on this day in history.  

1588  On November - 01 death of jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)