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
Historical events on November 7
- 06803rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens
- 0921Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other
- 1519University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther
- 1558French King Henri II occupies Calais
- 1581Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed
- 1597Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
- 1631Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
- 1637Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic
- 1651King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age
- 1659Peace of Pyreneeen: French King Louis XIV and Spanish King Philip IV
- 16651st edition of "London Gazette"
- 1667Jean Racines "Andromaque, " premieres in Paris
- 1733France and Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty
- 1747Organgist in the Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap
- 1775Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
- 1794French troops conquer Nijmegen
- 1805Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean
- 1811Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan
- 18141st sitting of States-general in Hague
- 1820James Monroe elected 5th US President
- 1824St. Petersburg flood
- 1831State Gran Colombia disbands
- 1848General Zachary Taylor elected as President of US
- 1861Battle of Belmont, Missouri
- 1861Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard)
- 18642nd session of Congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
- 1865London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded
- 1872Mary Celeste sails from New York to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later
- 1872US cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month
- 18741st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
Born on November 7
- 0994Muhammad ibn Hazm: Historian / jurist / author of Islamic Spain
- 1656Walraad the Younger: Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler / gov of Nimegen
- 1692Johannes G Schnabel: German author / surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
- 1706Carlo Cecere: Composer
- 1758Edouard viscount de Walckiers: Netherlands
- 1786Francisco Andrevi y Castellar: Composer
- 1797Silas Horton Stringham: Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876
- 1806August Friedrich Pott: Composer
- 1810Fritz Reuter: Writer
- 1811Karel J Erben: Czechoslovakia -- Poet (Bouquet)
- 1822Edouard Gregoir: Composer
- 1828Ludwig Deppe: Composer
- 1832Andrew Dickson White: Educator / 1st President of Cornell
- 1839Henry Holmes: Composer
- 1846Ignaz Brull: Composer
- 1852Bohdan Borkowski: Composer
- 1855Edwin H Hall: US physicist (Hall effect)
- 1856Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin: Vilna -- Tied for chess 1st place (1878)
- 1866Carl Emil Paul Lincke: Composer
- 1866Paul Lincke: German composer / conductor / publisher (Frau Luna)
- 1867Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie: Discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
- 1876Culbert Olson: Fillmore, Utah -- (Gov-D-California)
- 1877Henry Balfour Gardiner: Composer
- 1878Lise Meitner: Austrian / Swedish physicist (Protactinium)
- 1879Eugeen Yoors: Flemish etcher / glass painter
- 1883Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux: Newport New, Virginia -- TV preacher
- 1886Aaron Nimzowitsch: Latvian chess player (openings theorist)
- 1888Chandrasekhara Raman: India -- Physicist (Nobel 1930)
- 1889George Davis: Netherlands -- Actor (Devil May Care)
- 1895Jakob Kaplan: French head rabbi (1955-81)
Died on November 7
- 0739Willibrord [Clemens]: 1st Bishop of Utrecht / Saint 695-739, dies at 81
- 1225Engelbert I [the Saint]: Archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
- 1560Peter S Lotichius [Peter Lotz]: German Poet (Opera omnia)
- 1573Solomon Luria (Maharshal): Talmudic Author (Yam Shel Shelomo)
- 1633Cornelis Drebbel: Physicist / chemist / inventor (submarine)
- 1639William Cobbold: Composer, dies at 79
- 1678Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien]: Flemish Painter / etcher, dies at 70
- 1708Ludolf Backhuysen: Dutch seascape Painter / cartoonist, dies at 76
- 1723Godfrey Kneller: English Painter (74-77)
- 1802Johann Georg Joseph Spangler: Composer, dies at 50
- 1817Francesco Pasquale Ricci: Composer, dies at 85
- 1827Bartolomeo Campagnoli: Ital violinist / Composer / conductor, dies at 76
- 1837Elijah P Lovejoy: Publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34
- 1857Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner: Composer, dies at 62
- 1859Carl Gottlieb Reissiger: Composer, dies at 61
- 1876Albertus C van Raalte: Dutch / US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65
- 1880Carl Friedrich Weitzmann: Composer, dies at 72
- 1893Constantly Lievens: Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37
- 1901Li Hung-Tshang: Chinese rebel leader / Viceroy of Tsheli
- 1913Alfred R Wallace: British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?)
- 1919Hugo Haase: German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
- 1935Lidj Jasu: Emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39
- 1938Earnest von Rath: German antifascist / diplomat, murdered
- 1941Albin Zollinger: Swiss Poet / Author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
- 1943Dwight Frye: Actor (Vampire Bat, Dracula), dies at 44
- 1944Richard Sorge & Ozaki: Spies, hanged in Tokyo
- 1956Una Mae Carlisle: US pianist / singer, dies at 40
- 1959Victor McLaglen: Actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72
- 1960Alvin Carter: Vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
- 1961Antonius F "Anton" Coolen: Author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64
Events on Nov 8
- 0392Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion, state religion
- 0618St. Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0911Duke Koenraad I chosen German King
- 1322Pope John XXII names John van Diest, Bishop of Utrecht
- 1575French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty
- 1576Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant
- 1598Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem
- 1620Battle of White Mountain, Prague
- 1638Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts
- 1658Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
- 1701William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges
- 1731In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st US library
- 1734Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Freemasons Lodge
- 1789Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)
- 1793Louvre in Paris, opens
- 1805Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean
- 1833Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die
- 1837Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women
- 1842Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
- 1861Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky
- 1861US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent
- 1864Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as President
- 1870Democratic Governor elected in Tennessee
- 1883English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage)
- 1889Montana admitted as 41st state
- 1892Grover Cleveland (D) elected President
- 1895Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays
- 1904President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
- 19101st Washington State election in which women could vote
- 1917Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants
Born on Nov 8
- 1572Johan Sigismund: Elector of Brandenburg / Duke of Prussia
- 1590Francesco Gonzaga: Composer
- 1592Domenico Mazzocchi: Composer
- 1622Karl X Gustaf: King of Sweden (1654-60)
- 1647Pierre Bayle: French / Netherlands theologist / philosopher / writer
- 1693Leonhard Trautsch: Composer
- 1715Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern: Wife of Frederik II "the Great"
- 1760Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael: South Netherlands Earl / General
- 1770Friedrich Witt: Composer
- 1785Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner: Composer
- 1814Girolamo / Jeromin de Rada: Albanian poet (Skanderbeku)
- 1817Claudius Wistar Sears: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
- 1817Theodoor J Canneel: Flemish painter
- 1829Samuel Wylie Crawford: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
- 1830Oliver Otis Howard: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
- 1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton: English under King of India
- 1848Gottlob Frege: Germany -- Mathematician / logician (Begriffsschrift)
- 1849Edward Julius Biedermann: Composer
- 1867Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn: Composer
- 1876Frank L Gillespie: Arkansas, United States -- Founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
- 1878Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor: World champion cyclist (1899)
- 1879King Baggot I: St. Louis, Missouri -- Director (Tumbleweeds)
- 1882Lazare Saminsky: Composer
- 1883Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: London, England -- Composer (Farewell My Youth)
- 1883Ethel Clayton: Missouri, United States -- Actress (Hotel Continental)
- 1887Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin: Composer
- 1888David Monrad Johansen: Composer
- 1893John Miljan: Lead City, South Dakota -- Actor (Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox)
- 1895Hermann Schey: German / Netherlands singer
- 1896Bucky Harris: Baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
Died on Nov 8
- 0397Martin of Tours [St Martin]: Bishop of Tours
- 0618Deusdedit / Adeodatus I: Italian Pope (615-18)
- 1226Louis VIII [the Lion]: King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
- 1228Dirk I: Ruler of Heinsberg / Valkenburg
- 1308Duns Scotus: Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
- 1494Melozzo da Forli: Italian painter, dies at about 56
- 1517Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros: Cardinal / Chancellor of Castilia
- 1578Johann Walter: Composer, dies at 51
- 1590Joost Jansz Bilhamer: Master builder / cartographer, dies at about 49
- 1595Peter Opmeer: Church Historian / humanist, dies at 69
- 1638Johann H Alsted: German Theologist / philosopher, dies at 50
- 1658Pieter Florisz: Dutch Admiral, dies in battle at about 50
- 1658Witte de With: Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 59
- 1674John Milton: English Poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65
- 1694Ulrik Huber: Frisian lawyer / law Historian / polemist, dies at 58
- 1757Pierre Prowo: Composer, dies at 60
- 1811Charles F Bentinck: Dutch Minister of Colonies, dies at 47
- 1817Andrea Appiana: Italian royal Painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
- 1833Maximilian Stadler: Composer, dies at 85
- 1873Manuel Breton de los Herreros: Spanish Poet / comic playwright, dies at 76
- 1880Jacob Edvard Gille: Composer, dies at 66
- 1885Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan]: Dutch humorist / author, dies at 71
- 1886Frederick J "Fred" Archer: English jockey, commits suicide at 29
- 1908Victorien Sardou: French opera Author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
- 1909Charles Bordes: Composer, dies at 46
- 1909Eduard de Hartog: Composer, dies at 80
- 1920Abraham Kuyper: Clergyman / Dutch Premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83
- 1920Salomon Anski: Russian / Polish yiddish Author (Dibboek), dies at 57
- 1924Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov: Composer, dies at 64
- 1928Mauritz Stiller: Swedish actor / director (Streets of sin), dies at 45