Historical Events
Event of Interest
Nov 1 General George McClellan made general in chief of Union armies
George McClellan
- Nov 2 American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Frémont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter
Election of Interest
Nov 6 Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as US Confederate President
Jefferson Davis
Victory in Battle
Nov 7 Battle of Belmont, fought in Mississippi County, Missouri begins, first combat test for Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, Union victory (US Civil War)
Ulysses S. Grant
Event of Interest
Nov 8 USS San Jacinto commanded by Charles Wilkes captures two Confederate diplomats from the British mail steamer Trent, almost causing a war between the US and the UK
Charles Wilkes
- Nov 9 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto)
- Nov 18 The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia
- Nov 19 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper
- Nov 19 The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe leaves Philadelphia, USA, for London, England on the Elizabeth Watts
- Nov 20 Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
- Nov 22 Battle of Fort McRee, Florida
- Nov 24 Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
- Nov 26 West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virginia
- Nov 28 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederacy
- Nov 30 Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 3 Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian and archaeologist, born in Dippach, Luxembourg (d. 1941)
James Naismith
Nov 6 James Naismith, Canadian-American physical educator and inventor (basketball, football helmet), born in Almonte, Ontario (d. 1939)
James Naismith
- Nov 7 Jeff Milton, American lawman, born in Marianna, Florida (d. 1947)
- Nov 10 Robert T. A. Innes, Scottish astronomer (Proxima Centauri), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1933)
- Nov 14 Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
- Nov 16 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, born in Kladno, Bohemia (1933)
- Nov 18 Dorothy Dix [Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer], American journalist and columnist, born in Woodstock, Tennessee (d. 1951)
- Nov 21 Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
- Nov 23 Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
Albert B. Fall
Nov 26 Albert B. Fall, New Mexico Senator (Teapot Dome Scandal), born in Frankfort, Kentucky
Albert B. Fall