What Happened in November 1818

Historical Events

Nov 21 Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine

Famous Birthdays

Nov 3 Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1891)
Nov 4 Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)

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)