What Happened In November 1886 - Historical Events 1886 November

Historical Events for November, 1886

1st » Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
30th » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

1st » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (d. 1951)
1st » Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and critic (d. 1942)
2nd » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971)
7th » Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player (d. 1935)
9th » S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. 1972)
9th » Ed Wynn, American actor and singer (d. 1966)
10th » Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
12th » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)
12th » Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)
13th » Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
15th » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (d. 1951)
16th » Jalmari Eskola, Finnish runner (d. 1958)
17th » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (d. 1967)
18th » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th List of Prime Ministers of Hungary or Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1967)
20th » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (d. 1968)
20th » Robert Hunter (golfer) named Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971)
20th » Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
21st » Harold Nicolson, English politician and author (d. 1968)
23rd » Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (d. 1966)
24th » Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded 'The Little Review' (d. 1973)

18th » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
22nd » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
22nd » Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)