What Happened in November 1885

Historical Events

Nov 1 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei

Nov 3 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
Nov 6 US mint at Carson City, Nevada, directed to close
Nov 7 Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie - connects British Columbia with Eastern Canada
Nov 9 Edward Jakobowski's opera "Ermine" premieres in London at the Comedy Theatre

Nov 10 German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world's first motorcycle

Nov 12 Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
Nov 14 Serbia invades Bulgaria, beginning the two-week Serbo-Bulgarian War; the Serbs are later defeated decisively [O.S. November 2]
Nov 17 The Serbian Army, with Russian support, invades Bulgaria
Nov 19 Bulgarians, led by Stefan Stambolov, repulse a larger Serbian invasion force at Slivinitza
Nov 23 Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united
Nov 25 Banff National Park, Canada's first national park established as Rocky Mountains Park, Alberta [1]
Nov 27 1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Nov 30 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)

Nov 2 Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), born in Nashville, Missouri (d. 1972)

Nov 5 American author and historian (The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization), born in North Adams, Massachusetts

Nov 6 Emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1975)
Nov 6 Martin O'Meara, Irish-born Australian WWI soldier and Victoria Cross honoree, born in Terryglass, Republic of Ireland (d. 1935)
Nov 8 Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (Shell-Haus in Berlin), born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1966)
Nov 8 Hans Cloos, German geologist and pioneer in the study of granite tectonics (the deformation of crystalline rocks), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 1951)
Nov 8 Tomoyuki Yamashita [Yamashita Tomobumi], Imperial Japanese general dubbed "Tiger of Malaya", born in Ōtoyo, Kōchi, Japan (d. 1946)
Nov 9 Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor, born in Montagnana, Italy (d. 1952)
Nov 9 Hermann Weyl, German mathematician and philosopher, born in Elmshom, Germany (d. 1955)
Nov 9 Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (Kaluza–Klein theory), born in Silesia, Germany (d. 1954)
Nov 9 Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright, born in Tundutov, Russia (d. 1922)
Nov 10 Esther Dale, American actress (Curly Top; The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in Beaufort, South Carolina (d. 1961)

Nov 11 American WWII general (Sicily, Italy and Normandy) known as "Old Blood & Guts", born in San Gabriel, California

Nov 13 Montague Fawcett Phillips, British composer, born in Tottenham, London (d. 1969)
Nov 14 Sonia Delaunay, Russian-born French artist (Orphism), born in Hradyzk, Russian Empire (d. 1979)
Nov 16 Mikiel Gonzi, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Malta (1944-76), born in Vittoriosa, Birgu, Malta (d. 1984)
Nov 17 Henri de Man, Belgian sociologist and politician (chairman Belgian Workers Party), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1953)
Nov 19 Erskine Sanford, American actor (Citizen Kane, Angel on My Shoulder), born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 1969)
Nov 26 Heinrich Brüning, German politician and Chancellor of Germany (1930-32), born in Münster, Province of Westphalia, German Empire (d. 1970)
Nov 27 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, born in Užice, Kingdom of Serbia (D. 1957)

Nov 30 German general during World War II (Commander-in-Chief South and West), born in Marktsteft, German Empire

Nov 16 Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies, hanged for treason at 41

Nov 25 Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27
Nov 25 Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (D), dies 8 months after taking office at 66
Nov 26 Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (ozone), dies at 71