What are the important events that happened on November 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 1 is the 305th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 19, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,365,920 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 108 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,698 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 1 Historical Events
1755 –
Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
1886 –
Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
1894 –
Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
1916 –
Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
1937 –
Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan’s Lutheran community.
1942 –
Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
1944 –
World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
1952 –
Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike” [“M” for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
1956 –
In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala.
1973 –
The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
Who were born on November 1?
846 –
Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
1549 –
Anna of Austria, consort of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
1607 –
Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
1886 –
Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)
1934 –
Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (d. 2004)
1940 –
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist
1942 –
Ralph Klein, Canadian politician
1963 –
Kenny Alphin, American musician (Big & Rich)
1965 –
Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor
1975 –
Bo Bice, American singer
Who died on November 1?
1296 –
Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
1546 –
Giulio Romano, Italian painter
1642 –
Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
1903 –
Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
1924 –
Bill Tilghman, American peace officer (shot by Wiley Lynn) (b. 1854)
1938 –
Charles Weeghman, American restaurateur and owner of Chicago Cubs (b.1874)
1994 –
Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
2007 –
S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
2008 –
Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
2008 –
Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
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