Discover what happened on 1 November 1939 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Charles Weinberger (Austrian composer (1861-1939))
- James Edsforth
- Maria Nuyts
- Oliver Ellsworth (American lawyer and politician (1867-1939))
- Julius Hanemann
- Clement C. Cassell (American architect, active in New Jersey)
- Ludwik Monowid (Polish educator)
- Bernard Mordawski (Polish educator)
- Alojzy Lulkiewicz (Polish educator)
- Claude Gillingwater (actor (1870-1939))
- Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt (Polish officer (1889-1939))
- Edmund Jankowski (Polish rower (1903–1939))
- René-Pierre Mignen (French archbishop)
- Clas von Collan (Finnish politician (1862-1939))
- George Elbert Burr (American printmaker and painter (1859-1939))
- Arvid Björk (Swedish politician (1863-1939))
- Thor Ekecrantz
- Yuri Tsinzerling (Soviet botanist (1894-1939))
- Leon Kryczyński (Polish lawyer, historian)
- William Deacon White (American educator and sports promoter in Edmonton, Alberta)
- Stanisław Walenty Łęgowski (Polish engineer (1887-1939))
- Tateemon Kuragatake (sumo wrestler (1898-1939))
- Hieronim Gintrowski
- Jan Wagner
- Jerzy Donimirski (Polish politician, cavalry master of the Polish Army)
- Kazimierz Bieliński (Polish civil engineer)
- Marian Wadowski
- Anathon Bjørn (Norwegian archaeologist (1897-1939))
- Jaak Ressaar (Estonian centenarian)
- Ralph Watrous (American politician (1866-1939))
- Tytus Jemielewski (Polish politician)
- Paolo Emilio André (Italian architect (1877-1939))
- Henryk Schabenbeck (Polish photographer and activist)
- Naḥum Ṿaidenfeld
- Michał Nycz (Polish surgeon)
- Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma (Qajar prince (1857-1939))
- Kálmán Darányi (Hungarian politician (1886-1939))
- Karl Heldrich (German judge and legal historian (1900–1939))
- Hilda Ingebrektsen (Norwegian missionary)
- Antonio Martínez Rabadán
- Gavro Manojlović (Croatian historian)
- Robert Brunschwig (French engineer and chemist)
- Richard Evans (Australian cricketer (1867-1939))
- C. Vreedenburgh (Dutch photographer)
- Alexandra Catherine May Fraser (Peerage person ID=51133)
- Edith Mary Higson ((died 1939))
- Sir John Rumney Nicholson ((1866-1939))
- Herbert Francis Morris (Peerage person ID=118045)
- Michael Arthur Aylmer ((1913-1939))
- Florence Caroline Annette Hay-Drummond-Hay (Peerage person ID=344276)
- Henry Scrope Frescheville Jebb ((1867-1939))
- Mabel de Vaux Murray (Peerage person ID=396854)
- Emma Meliora Hobson (Peerage person ID=455136)
- Eileen Gertrude Mary Briscoe (Peerage person ID=492318)
- Bertram Lane Osbaldeston-Mitford (died 1839)
- Evelyn Molesworth (Peerage person ID=513897)
- Kathleen Isabelle Hilhouse, 7th of Possil (Peerage person ID=529071)
- Eduardo Villardefrancos
- Heinrich Soetbeer
- Q97342768 (Hungarian actor)
- Alfred Dickstein
- Bolesław Menderer
- Mieczysław Słabęcki (Captain of the Polish Army, mayor of Świecie)
- R. F. E. Austin (British physician)
- Feliks Lamparczyk (Polish merchant, deputy mayor of Chełmno)
- Willem Johan Cornelis Jacobus Lodewijk Stern
- James Edsforth