- Nov 6 American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe, on its cruise that sank or captured 37 vessels
- Nov 11 Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
- Nov 11 Thomas Robertson's "Society" premieres in London
- Nov 11 Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
Event of Interest
Nov 13 P. T. Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport
P. T. Barnum
- Nov 13 US issues 1st gold certificates
Historic Publication
Nov 18 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Mark Twain
- Nov 21 Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
Historic Publication
Nov 26 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is published in America
Lewis Carroll
- Nov 26 Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile