What Happened in November 1905

Historical Events

Nov 3 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners

Nov 4 Dock strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
Nov 9 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
Nov 10 Sailors join the rebellion at Kronstadt naval base in Russia
Nov 11 High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months - but which never gained mass support
Nov 12 (November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
Nov 14 David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West" premieres in NYC
Nov 16 Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia
Nov 17 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea

Nov 18 George Bernard Shaw's play "Major Barbara" premieres in London

Nov 18 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
Nov 18 10th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-0 in Birmingham
Nov 19 The steamer "Hilda" sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)
Nov 21 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
Nov 22 British, Italian, Russian, French and Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos
Nov 23 Henry Watson Furness, an American physician from Indiana is named US minister to Haiti
Nov 24 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel

Nov 24 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opens the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York

Nov 25 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $7.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
Nov 26 1st Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Melbourne: Rodney Heath beats Albert Curtis 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Nov 28 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Féin in Dublin

Nov 1 Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian abstract painter, born in Saint-Hilaire, Quebec (d. 1960)
Nov 2 Frederic Lipmann, French watchmaker, born in Besancon, France (d. 1996)
Nov 3 Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
Nov 3 William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist
Nov 4 Martin Raschke, German author and publisher, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1943)
Nov 5 George Bissett, South African cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28), born in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1965)
Nov 5 Joel McCrea, American actor (Foreign Correspondent, Sullivan's Travels), born in South Pasadena, California (d. 1990)
Nov 7 William Alwyn, English composer, born in Northampton, England (d. 1985)
Nov 9 Erika Mann, German-American author (Other Germany) and daughter of Thomas Mann, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1969)
Nov 9 James William Fulbright, American politician (Sen-D-Mo), born in Sumner, Missouri (d. 1995)
Nov 11 Israel Aaron Maisels, South African lawyer and communal leader, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1994)

Nov 12 Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Soviet composer (wrote 1st Kazakh opera), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1981)
Nov 12 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher and musicologist, born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1979)
Nov 14 L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
Nov 14 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author
Nov 14 John Henry Barbee, American blues guitarist and singer, born in Henning, Tennessee (d. 1964)
Nov 15 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1980)
Nov 17 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens palats, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
Nov 17 Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut), born in Ashfield, New South Wales (d. 1987)
Nov 17 Mischa Auer [Ounskowsky], Russian actor (My Man Godfrey), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1967)
Nov 17 Wazyk [Adam Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth)

Nov 19 Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist and big band leader (Opus No. 1; I'll Never Smile Again), born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)

Nov 21 David Moule-Evans, English composer and conductor, born in Ashford, Kent, England (d. 1988)
Nov 21 Fred Lindstrom, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (New York Giants), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
Nov 22 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism)
Nov 24 [Irene] Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
Nov 26 George Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (David Copperfield), born in Mostyn, Wales (d. 1987)
Nov 26 Bob Johnson, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1933-45 (Philadelphia Athletics, and two other teams), born in Pryor, Oklahoma (d. 1982)
Nov 27 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Mater Dolorosa), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1986)
Nov 27 Astrid Allwyn, American actress (Charlie Chan's Secret), born in Manchester, Connecticut (d. 1978)
Nov 29 Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, English peer (d. 1996)
Nov 29 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)

Nov 2 Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), dies at 88

Nov 6 George Williams, English philanthropist and founder of YMCA, dies at 84

Nov 8 Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter, dies at 35
Nov 17 Adolphe [Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich], Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905), dies at 88
Nov 17 Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and son of Leopold I, dies at 68