What Happened in November 1860

Historical Events


Event of interestEvent of Interest

Nov 3 Poet and critic Matthew Arnold begins his series of lectures "On Translating Home" as Oxford Professor of Poetry at Oxford University

Poet & Critic Matthew Arnold
Poet & Critic
Matthew Arnold

Electoral defeatElection of Interest

Nov 6 Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President

16th US President Abraham Lincoln
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln


Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 1 Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
  • Nov 7 Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (Father of The Tank), born in Condé en Barrois, France (d. 1936)
  • Nov 16 Edmund Schuecker, composer

Person of interestIgnacy Jan Paderewski

Nov 18 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish composer and 1st premier of Poland (1919), born in Kuryłówka, Russian Empire (d. 1941)

Pianist, Composer and Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Pianist, Composer and Polish Prime Minister
Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Person of interestTom Horn

Nov 21 Tom Horn, American gunman and outlaw, born in Scotland County, Missouri (d. 1903)

Old West Lawman, Outlaw and Bounty Hunter Tom Horn
Old West Lawman, Outlaw and Bounty Hunter
Tom Horn
  • Nov 23 Karl Branting, Swedish statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)
  • Nov 29 Hans Haym, German conductor, born in Halle (d. 1921)

Famous Weddings

  • Nov 11 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 5 Carl Binder, Austrian composer, dies at 43
  • Nov 8 Charles Fellows, English Archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities of ancient Lycia and brought to Lycian marbles to England, dies
  • Nov 14 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58
  • Nov 28 Ludwig Rellstab, German music theorist, dies at 61