What Happened in November 1860

Historical Events

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

Nov 6 Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America

Nov 1 Boies Penrose, American politician (U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1897-1921)), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
Nov 7 Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (Father of The Tank), born in Condé en Barrois, France (d. 1936)
Nov 13 Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s), born in London, England (d. 1896)
Nov 16 Edmund Schücker, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1911)

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

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

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 at 61
Nov 14 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58
Nov 28 Ludwig Rellstab, German music theorist, dies at 61