- Nov 1 First bare-breasted women (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Magazine
- Nov 3 J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
- Nov 3 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female state senator in the US
Election of Interest
Nov 3 William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) to be President of the United States
- Nov 11 Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War
- Nov 11 Samuel Pierpont Langley's Number 6 'heavier-than-air' aircraft model flies over 1,500 m (5,000 ft).
- Nov 14 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
- Nov 14 The Emancipation Run: 33 motorists parade from London to Brighton to celebrate England's Locomotives on Highways Act 1896, which increased automobile speed limit to 14 mph
- Nov 24 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
- Nov 26 1st large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6
- Nov 26 Amos Alonzo Stagg of University of Chicago creates American football huddle
Music History
Nov 27 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) by Richard Strauss, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel, debuts in Frankfurt
