Events on Nov 4

• 0922Richarius becomes Bishop of Luik
• 1501Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain
• 1519Flood ravages Dutch / Friese coast
• 1520Danish / Norwegian King Christian II crowned King of Sweden
• 1529English Cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested
• 1576Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium
• 1619Frederik V crowned King of Bohemia
• 1631Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
• 1645Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly
• 18411st wagon train arrives in California
• 1842Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois
• 18451st nationally observed uniform election day in US
• 1846Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
• 1854Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island
• 1856James Buchanan elected US President
• 1861University of Washington founded in Seattle
• 1862Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun
• 1864Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
• 1864Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
• 1866Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
• 186790 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall
• 1873Dentist John Beers of SF patents gold crown
• 1874Samuel J Tilden elected Governor of New York
• 1875"Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Washington, 236 dies
• 1875Tonga adopts constitution
• 1879Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus
• 1879James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon
• 18801st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio
• 1884Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for 1st Presidential term
• 1890Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate

Born on Nov 4

• 1590Gerard van Honthorst: Dutch painter
• 1640Carlo Mannelli: Composer
• 1656Leonard Sailer: Composer
• 1674Anton Englert: Composer
• 1708Robert Praelisauer: Composer
• 1756Anthony van Hoboken: Rotterdam Merchant / ship owner
• 1779John W Pieneman: Historical painter (Battle at Waterloo)
• 1797Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky: Russian author
• 1800Eduard Brendler: Composer
• 1812Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi: Italian / East poet (Lettere a Maria)
• 1816William Polk Hardeman: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
• 1818Alexander Robert Lawton: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
• 1820Robert Vinkler Richardson: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
• 1835Lunsford Lindsay Lomax: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
• 1841Carl Tausig: Composer
• 1842William Barker Cushing: Lieutenant Commander (Union Navy), died in 1874
• 1846Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette: Composer
• 1859Stanislaw Niewiadomski: Composer
• 1862Eden Phillpotts: England, United Kingdom -- Novelist / poet / playwright (Red Madymaynes)
• 1867Tomasz Arciszewski: Polish Prime Minister (1944-47)
• 1872Herman Finck: Composer
• 1873G E Moore: English philosopher (Ethics)
• 1876James Fraser: Designed buffalo nickel
• 1881Gena Branscombe: Composer
• 1881Milton Rosmer: Southport, England -- Director (Murder in the Red Barn)
• 1886Ian Wolfe: Canton, Illinois -- Actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors)
• 1887Knut Algot Hakanson: Composer
• 1889Alton Augustus Adams: Composer
• 1890Klabund [Alfred Henschke]: German writer (Bracke, Borgia)
• 1891Miroslav Krejci: Composer

Died on Nov 4

• 1203Dirk VII: Count of Holland (1190-1203)
• 1674Kano Tanjoe: Japanese Painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72
• 1702John Benbow: English Vice-Admiral (Santa Marta)
• 1702Thomas Eisenhut: Composer, dies at 58
• 1768Johan Lulofs: Dutch physicist / philosopher / astronomer, dies at 57
• 1837Jean-Louis M Alibert: French dermatologist, dies at 69
• 1847Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: German pianist / composer, dies at 38
• 1853Alexander Stadtfeld: Composer, dies at 27
• 1890Jacob PP baron van Zuylen: Dutch Foreign Minister (1852-3), dies at 74
• 1890Kazamierz Julian Kratzer: Composer, dies at 46
• 1893Cornelis E van Koetsveld: Dutch vicar / literature, dies at 86
• 1898Jerome Hopkins: Composer, dies at 62
• 1918Wilfred Owens: Anti-war Poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25
• 1921Takasji Hara: Premier of Japan, murdered
• 1928Arnold Rothstein [A R]: US businessman / gambler, shot to death at 46
• 1931Charles Buddy Bolden: US jazz musician
• 1932Belle Bennett: Actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41
• 1935Miklos Radnai: Composer, dies at 43
• 1937Rogelio del Villar: Composer, dies at 61
• 1939Charles Arnold Tournemire: Composer, dies at 69
• 1942Marcel Barger [Streliskie]: Cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz
• 1953Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge: Composer, dies at 89
• 1954Stig H Dagerman: Swedish Author (Burned Child), dies at 31
• 1956Art[hur] Tatum: US jazz pianist / composer, dies at 46
• 1957Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret: Composer, dies at 78
• 1965Krsto Odak: Composer, dies at 77
• 1967June Thorburn: Actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36
• 1968Paul JM Lindemans: Flemish agricultural engineer / author, dies at 78
• 1969Carlos Marighela: Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle
• 1969Ferenc Szabo: Composer, dies at 66

Historical events on November 5

• 1228Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
• 1414Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
• 1492Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
• 1530St. Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast
• 1556Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi
• 1556Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu
• 1605Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged
• 1630Spain and England sign peace treaty
• 16391st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
• 1678Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
• 1725Spain and Austria sign secret treaty
• 1757Battle at Rossbach (7 year war / French & Indian War)
• 1781John Hanson elected 1st "Pres of US in Congress assembled"
• 1789Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
• 1789French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
• 1838Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
• 1854Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000
• 1862Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
• 1871Susan B Anthony arrested trying to vote in Rochester, New York
• 1872Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant
• 1872Ulysses S Grant re-elected US President
• 1881French government-Ferry resigns
• 1887Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship
• 1894Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki
• 18951st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)
• 1895George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car
• 1895King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
• 1895US state Utah accepts female suffrage
• 1898Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel, " premieres in Berlin
• 1911Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, September 17)

Born on November 5

• 1494Hans Sachs: Composer
• 1534Joachim Camerarius: German Botanist / Physician (horticulture catalog)
• 1549Philippe du Plessis: France -- Author
• 1563Anna van Nassau: Daughter of Prince Willem I / Anna of Saksen
• 1654Christian Liebe: Composer
• 1666Attilio Ariosti: Composer
• 1764Pieter Nieuwland: Dutch Scientist (Newton)
• 1770Etienne P de Senancour: French author (Obermann)
• 1779Washington Allston: US painter / author
• 1798Carolina F L Duchess of Berry: Daughter of crown Prince of Naples
• 1818Benjamin Franklin Butler: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
• 1819Josef Rudolf Zavrtal: Composer
• 1825Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel: Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1832William Woods Averell: Major General (Union Army), died in 1900
• 1841Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin: Composer
• 1849Rui Barbosa: Brazil -- Statesman / jurist / essayist / civil liberties
• 1855Eugene V Debs: Labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate
• 1857Ida Tarbell: Muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy)
• 1866Daniel Protheroe: Composer
• 1876Raymond Duchamp-Villon: Cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire)
• 1884James Elroy Flecker: English poet / dramatist (Hassan)
• 1885Will Durant: United States -- Author / historian (Story of Civilization)
• 1887Oscar Bossaert: Belgium -- Chocolate manufacturer / Minister of Middenstand
• 1887Paul Wittgenstein: Vienna, Austria -- Left hand specialist pianist
• 1891Earle "Greasy" Neale: NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1891Mary Dorna: Dutch author
• 1893Raymond Loewy: US industrial designer
• 1894Henri E J A de Page: Belgian private law Scholar
• 1895Walter Gieseking: German pianist / composer
• 1899Forrest Lewis: Actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas)

Died on November 5

• 1370Kazimierz III [the Great]: King of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61
• 1515Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli: Italian painter, dies at 41
• 1559Kano Motonobu: Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
• 1603Irini Fedorovna: Russian Daughter of Boris Godunov
• 1669John Coccejus: German / Netherlands reformed theologist, dies at about 66
• 1675Kurt S Adeler: Danish Admiral / ship designer, dies at 52
• 1680Gillis Valckenier: Mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57
• 1737Johan W van Ripperda: Dutch diplomat / Baron / duke, dies at 55
• 1743Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer: Composer, dies at 44
• 1772Johannes Schmidlin: Composer, dies at 50
• 1772Pieter Steyn: Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66
• 1803Ch de Laclos: Writer
• 1804Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker: Poetess (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 66
• 1819Dirk van den Boetzelaer: Regent of Holland, dies at 55
• 1834Aernout Drost: Dutch literary / founder (The Guide), dies at 24
• 1850Ferdinand KJ: Archduke of Austria, dies at 69
• 1854Soimonov: Russian General, dies in battle of Inkermann
• 1860Carl Binder: Composer, dies at 43
• 1879James Clerk Maxwell: Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48
• 1883William Hicks: British col / commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
• 1935Mina Dilis-Beersmans: Flemish actress / Wife of John Dilis, dies at 71
• 1942George M Cohan: Composer, dies at 64
• 1943Louis Schelfhout: Dutch Painter / graphic artist, dies at 62
• 1946Sigismond Stojowski: Composer, dies at 77
• 1950Jacobus J E Hondius: Dutch classicist / graphic artist, dies at 53
• 1951Agrippina J Vaganova: Russian ballet dancers / pegagoge, dies at 72
• 1951Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann: Composer, dies at 67
• 1956Art Tatum: Black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles, California
• 1960August Gailit: Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69
• 1960Johnny Horton: Country singer, dies at 33

Events on Nov 6

• 0355Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain
• 1153Treaty of Wallingford signed
• 1572Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia
• 1657Brandenburg and Poland sign unity of Bromberg
• 1676King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15)
• 1792Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians
• 1813Chilpancingo Congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
• 1844Spain grants Dominican Rep independence
• 18501st Hawaiian fire engine
• 1850Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use
• 1860Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th President
• 1861Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President
• 1862NY-SF direct telegraphic link forms
• 1863Battle of Rogersville, Tennessee
• 1864Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas
• 1865Maastricht-Venlo railway in the Netherlands opens
• 18691st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)
• 1871Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa
• 1871President Grant re-elected
• 1878Henrik Ibsens "Samfundets Stotter, " premieres in Oslo
• 1879Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day
• 1883NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
• 1884British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
• 1884Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game
• 1885US mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close
• 1888Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes
• 1897Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater
• 1900Battle at Bothaville: General Major Charles Knox beats Boers
• 1900President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan
• 1903USA recognizea independence of Panama

Born on Nov 6

• 1494Sulayman I [the Great]: Sultan of Turkey (1520-66)
• 1558Thomas Kyd: English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy)
• 1566Julien Perrichon: Composer
• 1607Sigmund Theophil Staden: Composer
• 1613Luis de Garay: Composer
• 1659Theodor Schwartzkopff: Composer
• 1661Charles II: Last Habsburg King of Spain (1665-1700)
• 1746Absalom Jones: Delaware, United States -- Born into slavery
• 1753Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval: Composer
• 1757Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny: Composer
• 1771Alois Senefelder: Inventor (lithography)
• 1779Michal Bogdanowicz: Composer
• 1796George Back: English sea officer / explorer (North Canada)
• 1800Eduard Grell: Composer
• 1814Adolphe Sax: Belgium -- Musician / inventor (saxophone)
• 1822Gordon Granger: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
• 1836Francis Ellingwood Abbot: Boston, Massachusetts -- Theologian (Scientific Theism)
• 1838John Grant Mitchell: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
• 1851Charles H Dow: Co-founded Dow Jones / 1st editor of Wall St Journal
• 1855Eduard Yosif Kotek: Composer
• 1856Nicholas Nikolajevitsj: Ruler of Russia
• 1861James A Naismith: Inventor (basketball)
• 1867Marie Bregendahl: Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru)
• 1875Pompeo Aloisi: Italian Baron / diplomat / senator
• 1878Ernest Irving: Composer
• 1879Eugen Varga: Hungarian / Russian economist / politician
• 1883Hubert Bath: Composer
• 1884Ludomir Rozycki: Polish composer / conductor (Meduza, Eros i Psyche)
• 1885Emiel Poetou: Flemish sculptor
• 1887Walter Johnson: Kansas, United States -- Washingston Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)

Died on Nov 6

• 1650Willem II: Earl of Nassau / prince of Orange, dies at 24
• 1669Laurentius Erhard: Composer, dies at 71
• 1712Johann Bernhard Staudt: Composer, dies at 58
• 1730Hans Hermann von Katte: Prussian lieutenant, beheaded
• 1771Hermanus Noordkerk: Dutch jurist, dies at 69
• 1795Jiri Antonin Benda: Composer, dies at 73
• 1801Christian Friedrich Gregor: Composer, dies at 78
• 1822Hendrik van Stralen: Secretary of Interior, dies at 71
• 1835Ignaz Schuster: Composer, dies at 56
• 1836Charles X: King of France (1824-30), dies at 79
• 1839Hayim Rapoport: Rabbi of Ostrowiec / Author (Maxim Chayyim)
• 1862Charles Davis Jameson: US Union Brigadier General (Fair Oaks), dies at 35
• 1865Atale Therese Annette Wartel: Composer, dies at 51
• 1875John Baptist van Son: Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71
• 1876Giacomo Antonelli: Secretary of State of Pius IX, dies at 70
• 1893Piotr Ilyich Tchaikofsky: Rus Composer (Nutcracker), dies at 53
• 1897Edouard Deldevez: Composer, dies at 80
• 1900PWJ Le Gallais: British Lieutenant Colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville
• 1901Bohdan Borkowski: Composer, dies at 48
• 1901Kate Greenaway: English children book illustrater, dies at 55
• 1922William Baines: Composer, dies at 23
• 1929Max von Bathe: German prince / Chancellor (1910-11, 18), dies at 62
• 1939Adolphe Max: Belgian liberal MP, dies at 69
• 1944Hannah Senesh: Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
• 1944Lord Moyne: British prefect (Middle-East), murdered
• 1944Segundo "Boy" Ecury: Aruba -- WWII resistance fighter, executed at 22
• 1946Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski: Composer, dies at 76
• 1947Kristian Elster: Norwegian Author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
• 1953John Parsons Beach: Composer, dies at 76
• 1955Charley Toorop [Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop]: Dutch painter, dies at 64