Historical Events
- Nov 7 In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy shot dead (age 34) by pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
- Nov 8 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women
- Nov 15 Isaac Pitman introduces his shorthand system
- Nov 19 Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens
- Nov 21 Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 Émile Bayard, French artist and illustrator, born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, France (d. (1891)
- Nov 9 Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, born in London (d. 1876)
- Nov 9 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer and politician, born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1915)
- Nov 13 James T. Rapier, African-American politician, born in Florence, Alabama (d. 1883)
- Nov 17 David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao
- Nov 17 Willem Coenen, composer
Johannes van der Waals
Nov 23 Johannes van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States), born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1923)
Johannes van der Waals
- Nov 28 John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor who simplified the production of celluloid, born in Starkey, New York (d. 1920)