November 1914 in History

Events in History

Nov 1 German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile

Event of Interest

Nov 1 Paul von Hindenburg named marshal of the Eastern front

Nov 1 Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity
Nov 2 Great Britain annexes Cyprus
Nov 2 Great Britain declares the entire North Sea a military area: neutral ships will transit it at their own risk
Nov 2 Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
Nov 2 V Herbert & H Blossoms "Only Girl" premieres in NYC
Nov 3 1st modern elastic brassiere is patented by New York socialite Mary Phelps Jacob
Nov 5 Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus, occupied since 1878; the immediate reason is to keep it from being taken by Turkey
Nov 6 The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts
Nov 7 Japanese attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
Nov 7 The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
Nov 7 The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
Nov 9 Off Cocos Island, near Sumatra, the Australian cruiser 'Sydney' sinks German cruiser 'Emden', which has been attacking ships in the Pacific
Nov 12 Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war
Nov 14 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game

Event of Interest

Nov 15 Italian socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il Populo d'Italia

Nov 16 Federal Reserve System formally opens

Event of Interest

Nov 16 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace

Nov 17 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
Nov 20 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
Nov 21 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
Nov 21 British army conquers Bazra
Nov 22 Indian troops take Basra in Mesopotamia
Nov 22 Ypres, Belgium, burned by German bombing
Nov 23 The US Army withdraws from Mexico
Nov 24 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
Nov 24 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
Nov 26 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbour, England, 788 die
Nov 27 1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham, Lincolnshire)
Nov 28 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Birthdays in History

Nov 4 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), born in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala (d. 1957)
Nov 5 Alton Tobey, American artist, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 2005)
Nov 5 Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Nov 7 R. A. Lafferty, American sci-fi author (Devil is Dead), born in Neola, Iowa (d. 2002)
Nov 8 Peter Mondavi, American Napa Valley winemaker (Charles Krug), born in Virginia, Minnesota (d. 2016)
Nov 9 Colin Falkland Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War, born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1995)
Nov 11 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, born in Huttig, Union County Arkansas (d. 1999)
Nov 11 Henry Wade, American lawyer (Dallas County District Attorney 1951-87), born in Rockwall County, Texas (d. 2001)
Nov 11 Perry Richardson Bass, American heir, investor and philanthropist, born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2006)
Nov 12 Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Belgian Catholic theologist (influential at Second Vatican Council), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2009)
Nov 14 Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow and Nazi supporter (d. 2007)
Nov 20 Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1992)
Nov 22 Peter Townsend, British war hero, courtier and writer (had a romance with Princess Margaret), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1995)
Nov 23 Wilson Tucker, American sci-fi author (Time Masters), born in Deer Creek, Illinois (d. 2006)
Nov 27 Evangeline Bruce, American society hostess and writer, born in England (d. 1995)
Nov 29 Edith Tilton Penrose, American-born British economist (The Theory of the Growth of the Firm), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
Nov 29 Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese founder of several Zen centers in France, born in Saga City, Japan (d. 1982)

Deaths in History

Nov 1 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
Nov 3 Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Totentag) dies of a cocaine overdose at 27
Nov 6 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist (Dante), dies at 79
Nov 14 Frederick Roberts "Bobs", British military commander and governor of Natal (Second Afghan War, Boer War), dies at 82
Nov 14 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
Nov 24 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish People Party, dies at 44
Nov 25 Jan Stobbaerts, Belgian painter, dies at 76