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Hutton proposes that 1 November was a Germanic rather than a Celtic idea. [37] In 835, Charlemagne's son and successor, Emperor Louis the Pious, made All Saints' Day on 1 November a holy day of obligation throughout the Frankish Empire.
November 1 is the 305th day of the year ... killing an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 people. ... Irish-born British actor (d. 1973)
Sabby Lewis (November 1, 1914 –July 09, 1994), American DJ and pianist, would have turned 111 this year. Franz Jackson (November 1, 1912 –May 06, 2008), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 113 this year. Joe Rushton (November 1, 1907 –March 02, 1964), American bass saxophonist, would have turned 118 this year.
This is a list of selected November 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
[1] Opening of Mackinac Bridge. The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opened in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas. [2] Yale University commemorated the 100th anniversary year of the birth of former U.S. President William Howard Taft, a Yale alumnus, born on September 15 ...
Samhain (/ ˈ s ɑː w ɪ n / SAH-win, / ˈ s aʊ ɪ n / SOW-in, Irish: [ˈsˠəunʲ], Scottish Gaelic: [ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ]) or Sauin (Manx: [ˈsoːɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. [1]
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1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die; 1703 – Birth of Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)