Page 3: Historical Events In November - 07

1863  Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA   

1864  2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes.   

1865  London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded.   

1866  Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer.   

1867  Marie Curie, inaugural woman to win the Nobel prize for physics is born   

1867  Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911).   

1872  Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; are discovered abandoned 4 weeks later   

1872  The ship Marie Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be are discovered deserted   

1872  cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously are discovered abandoned 4 weeks later.   

1874  The inaugural cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast.   

1874  1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast.   

1874  Joseph Willoughby, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96)   

1875  Verney Cameron is inaugural European to cross equatorial Africa.   

1875  Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa   

1876  Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in US college (Yale)   

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

1876  Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65.   

1877  Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer.   

1878  Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium)   

1879  Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher/glass painter.   

1880  Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72   

1883  Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New Va, TV preacher.   

1885  The last spike is driven in the inaugural 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".   

1885  Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie   

1886  Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player (openings theorist).   

1888  Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930)   

1889  George Davis, Netherlands, actor (Devil May Care)   

1893  State Colorado accept female suffrage.   

1893  Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37.   

1895  Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81).   

1896  Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate)   

1897  Ruth Pitter, British(?) poet   

1900  In this year, Lt. Hampden Z.C. Cockburn (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) claims the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa   

1900  In this year, Lt. Richard E.W. Turner (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) claims the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa   

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0630  Constans ii: Byzantine emperor   

1598  Francisco zurbarán: Spanish painter   

1619  Gédéon tallemant des réaux: French writer   

1650  John robinson: English diplomat   

1656  Walraad the younger: Earl of nassau-ottweiler/gov of nimegen   

1687  William stukeley: English archaeologist   

1692  Johannes g schnabel: German author/surgeon (insel felsenburg)   

1706  Carlo cecere: Composer   

0644  Death of Umar ibn al-khattāb: Second caliph of islam   

0739  Willibrord: [clemens], 1st bishop of utrecht/saint 695-739,   

1225  Death of Engelbert i: The saint, archbishop of cologne, murdered at 40   

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)   

1560  Death of Peter s lotichius: [peter lotz], german poet (opera omnia),   

1573  Solomon luria (maharshal): Talmudic author (yam shel shelomo),   

1581  Death of Richard davies: Welsh bishop and scholar   

1599  Death of Gasparo tagliacozzi: Italian surgeon (b. 1546)