Historical Events
- Nov 4 British South Africa Company troops under Dr Jamesons occupy Bulawayo, Matabeleland
- Nov 7 US State Colorado accepts female suffrage
- Nov 12 The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.
Theater Premiere
Nov 14 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" premieres in Berlin
Gerhart Hauptmann
- Nov 19 1st newspaper color supplement (NY World)
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
Nov 28 Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election
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Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 Battista Farina, Italian automobile designer and founder of Pininfarina company, born in Cortanze, Italy (d. 1966)
- Nov 3 Charley Barrett, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Cornell undefeated National C'ship 1915), born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
- Nov 3 Robert Lindley Murray, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1917-18), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
- Nov 5 Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer, born in Paris (d. 1986)
- Nov 6 August Defresne, Dutch playwright and director (Uninhabited Island), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1961)
- Nov 7 Leatrice Joy, American actress (The Ace of Hearts), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1985)
- Nov 8 Prajadhipok, Rama VII, last absolute king of Siam (1925–35), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1941)
- Nov 10 John P. Marquand, American writer (The Late George Apley), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1960)
- Nov 11 Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian essayist, activist and founder of the Brazilian Christian Democracy, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1983)
- Nov 13 Edward A. Doisy Sr, American bio-chemist (Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943), born in Hume, Illinois (d. 1986)
- Nov 14 Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
- Nov 14 Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
- Nov 14 Piet Moeskops, Dutch track cyclist (world sprint champion 1921-24, 26), born in Loosduinen, Netherlands (d. 1964)
- Nov 14 Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian writer, born in Milan (d. 1973)
- Nov 16 Cornelis Jakob van der Klauw, Dutch biologist and zoologist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1972)
- Nov 19 René Voisin, French classical trumpet player, born in Angers, France (d. 1952)
- Nov 22 Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin, born in Kabany, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1991)
- Nov 22 Harley Earl, American automobile designer (1st head of design at General Motors), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1969)
- Nov 24 Fern Andra [Vernal Edna Andrews], German-American actress (Eyes of the World), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1974)
- Nov 24 Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- Nov 27 Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer, born in Kroszyce, Kielce, Poland (d. 1963)
Famous Deaths
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nov 6 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture, Swan Lake), dies of suspected cholera at 53
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Nov 7 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, dies at 37
- Nov 8 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), dies at 70
- Nov 12 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80
- Nov 13 Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 78
- Nov 16 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), dies of natural causes at 87
- Nov 17 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
- Nov 22 James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826)
- Nov 30 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68
