Historical Events
- Nov 12 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 4 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian composer and musician, born in Netěchovice, Czech Republic (d. 1893)
- Nov 9 William Henry Forney, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Lincolnton, North Carolina (d. 1894)
- Nov 14 Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
- Nov 22 Nathan Kimball, American physician, politician, postmaster, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Fredericksburg, Indiana (d. 1898)
- Nov 25 Joseph Alexander Cooper, American civil servant and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Whitley County, Kentucky (d. 1910)
- Nov 26 Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1874)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 12 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75