- Nov 3 Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
- Nov 23 Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German-Russian astronomer, dies at 71
- Nov 30 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
- Nov 30 John Adams, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39
- Nov 30 Otto French Strahl, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
- Nov 30 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33