- Nov 4 Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
- Nov 17 Opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Francce
- Nov 20 First national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
- Nov 20 Howard University founded in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 20 French inventor Pierre Lallement patents rotary crank bicycle
- Nov 30 Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel in Chicago