- Nov 1 Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845) Reigned from 1881
- Nov 20 Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
- Nov 25 Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist, dies at 82
- Nov 27 Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
- Nov 30 Joseph E. Brown, American attorney and politician (42nd Governor of Georgia), dies at 73