Historical Events
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Poet and critic Matthew Arnold begins his series of lectures "On Translating Home" as Oxford Professor of Poetry at Oxford University

Matthew Arnold
Election of Interest
Nov 6 Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America

Abraham Lincoln
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Boies Penrose, American politician (U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1897-1921)), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
- Nov 7 Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (Father of The Tank), born in Condé en Barrois, France (d. 1936)
- Nov 16 Edmund Schücker, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1911)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Nov 18 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish composer and 1st premier of Poland (1919), born in Kuryłówka, Russian Empire (d. 1941)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Famous Weddings
- Nov 11 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
Famous Deaths
- Nov 5 Carl Binder, Austrian composer, dies at 43
- Nov 8 Charles Fellows, English Archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities of ancient Lycia and brought to Lycian marbles to England, dies
- Nov 14 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58
- Nov 28 Ludwig Rellstab, German music theorist, dies at 61