What Happened in November 1890

Historical Events

Nov 12 Mabel Loomis Todd publishes the first edition of "Poems by Emily Dickinson"

Nov 20 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions"

Nov 23 King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit
Nov 23 General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi
Nov 27 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation
Nov 29 1st US Army - US Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point

Nov 1 James Barton, American actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh), born in Gloucester City, New Jersey (d. 1962)
Nov 2 Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator
Nov 2 Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), born in Vårdnäs, Linköping (d. 1964)
Nov 3 Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary in Brazil, born in Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands (d. 1943)
Nov 4 Klabund [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia), born in Crossen, Germany (d. 1928)
Nov 5 Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter, born in Okrouhlice near Německý Brod, Bohemia (d. 1977)
Nov 12 Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
Nov 15 Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
Nov 16 Aloÿs-Henri-Gérard Fornerod, Swiss composer, born in Montet-Cudrefin, Switzerland (d. 1965)

Nov 16 Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of Philippines (1949-53), born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines (d. 1956)

Nov 16 George Seldes, American investigative journalist, born in Alliance Colony, New Jersey (d. 1995)
Nov 17 Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs)
Nov 19 George Regas, Greek actor (The Mark of Zorro), born in Goranoi, Greece (d. 1940)
Nov 20 Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), born in Saginaw, Michigan (1973)
Nov 22 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1976)

Nov 22 Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1958-69), born in Lille, France (d. 1970)

Nov 23 El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
Nov 25 Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet (Poems from the Trenches) and artist, born in Bristol, England (d. 1918)
Nov 30 John Tasker Howard, American composer and music historian, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1964)
Nov 30 Oege Bakker, Dutch economist

Nov 3 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
Nov 4 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
Nov 4 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish composer, dies at 46
Nov 4 Joseph B. Palmer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 65
Nov 8 Caesar Franck, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonic Variations), dies at 67
Nov 16 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
Nov 22 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
Nov 23 Willem III, last male King of the Netherlands (1849-90), dies at 73
Nov 24 August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat (U.S. Minister to the Netherlands 1853-57), dies at 76
Nov 27 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, dies at 69