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)
- Nov 5 Benjamin Franklin Butler, American Major General (Union Army), born in Deerfield, New Hampshire (d. 1893)
- Nov 6 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian and author (In the Forests), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [OS=Oct 25]
- 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 Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies