What happened this day in history November 1

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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