- Nov 3 Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet (b. 1792)
- Nov 4 George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74
- Nov 12 Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies
- Nov 16 Hamiora Pere is hanged for treason at the Terrace Gaol, Wellington - only New Zealander ever to be executed for treason