- Nov 2 Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont and Kearny starts
- Nov 4 Lighthouse built on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay
- Nov 5 Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 at Inkerman
- Nov 13 "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
- Nov 15 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
- Nov 28 Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo