- Nov 1 Zutphen-Fishing Dutch railway opens
- Nov 6 Maastricht-Venlo railway opens in Netherlands
- 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.
- Nov 13 PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport
- Nov 13 US issues 1st gold certificates
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Nov 18 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Mark Twain
- Nov 21 Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
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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