Historical Events
- Nov 6 1st Hawaiian fire engine
- Nov 6 Yerba Buena & Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use
Event of Interest
Nov 19 Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth
Alfred Tennyson
- Nov 29 The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, taking over the leadership of German Confederation
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 5 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (Poems of Passion), born in Johnstown, Wisconsin (d. 1919)
- Nov 8 Karel Komzák II, Viennese composer, born in Prague (d. 1905)
- Nov 9 Lewis Lewin, German toxicologist (father of psychopharmacologist), born in Tuchel, West Prussia (d. 1929)
- Nov 12 Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Nov 13 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author (Treasure Island), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1894)
Robert Louis Stevenson
