Today in History for November 1885

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 13 of 13

1st - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei
3rd - Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
6th - US mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close
7th - Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie
9th - Opera "Ermine," premieres in London
10th - Gottlieb Daimler's motorcycle, world's 1st, unveiled
12th - Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
13th - Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
16th - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason aged 41.
23rd - Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united
26th - 1st meteor photograph
27th - Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made
30th - Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19

2nd - Harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)
5th - Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)
6th - Emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor
8th - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
8th - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)
8th - Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)
9th - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. 1922)
9th - Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d. 1955)
9th - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (d. 1954)
9th - Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (d. 1952)
10th - Esther Dale, Beaufort SC, actress (Unfinished Business)
11th - George S Patton, San Gabriel, California, US general (Sicily/Italy/Normandy) "Old Blood & Guts", (d. 1945)
13th - Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer
16th - Michael Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
17th - Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)
19th - Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor (Angel on My Shoulder)
26th - Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
27th - Rudolph Reti, composer
30th - Albrecht (von) Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Poland/Netherland)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

8th - Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71
24th - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
25th - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27
25th - Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office
26th - Thomas Andrews, Irish physicist/chemist (ozone), dies at 71