Famous Birthdays
Benjamin Butler
Nov 5 Benjamin Butler, American Major General (Union Army), Governor of Massachusetts (1883-84) and US presidential candidate (Greenback anti-monopoly ticket), born in Deerfield, New Hampshire (d. 1893)
- Nov 7 Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physiologist, co-discoverer of nerve action potential and founder of modern electrophysiology, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1896)
- Nov 9 Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (Fathers & Sons), born in Oryol, Russian Empire (d. 1883)
- Nov 22 Samuel Gibbs French, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Mullica Hill, New Jersey (d. 1910)
- Nov 26 Louis Lacombe, French pianist and composer, born in Bourges, France (d. 1884)
- Nov 29 George Brown, Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 17 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, consort to King George III dies at 74