- Nov 2 French poet Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands
Election of Interest
Nov 8 Grover Cleveland (D) elected 24th US President
Grover Cleveland
- Nov 10 1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5
- Nov 12 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500 to become 1st pro football player in the Allegheny Athletic Association's 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club
- Nov 23 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
- Nov 23 Pierre de Coubertin launches plan for modern Olympic Games at the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques AGM