Historical Events
Historic Event
Nov 1 General George McClellan made general in chief of Union armies
Election of Interest
Nov 6 Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as US Confederate President
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)
Historic Event
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
- Nov 9 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto)
- Nov 13 A letter is written by Reverend Mark R. Watkinson petitioning the Treasury Department to "recognize Almighty God" on American coins; the department eventually decides on the motto "In God We Trust"
- Nov 18 The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia
- Nov 19 American abolitionist Julia Ward Howe commits lyrics of "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)
- 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 22 Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar (1883-1897) last sovereign of Madagascar, born in Amparibe, Madagascar (d. 1917)
- Nov 23 Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- Nov 24 João da Cruz, Brazilian poet, born in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (d. 1898)
Albert B. Fall
Nov 26 Albert B. Fall, New Mexico Senator (Teapot Dome Scandal), born in Frankfort, Kentucky
