Events in History
- Nov 3 The Times of India, world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce
- Nov 5 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
Historic Event
Nov 8 Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas" premieres in Paris
- Nov 30 Mexico declares war on France
Birthdays in History
- Nov 1 Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet, born in Lithang (d. 1856)
- Nov 6 John Grant Mitchell, American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1894)
- Nov 7 Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (Contes cruels), born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France (d. 1889)
- Nov 13 Joseph F. Smith, 6th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Far West, Missouri (d. 1918)
- Nov 14 August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
- Nov 20 William Painter, American inventor (crown cork bottle cap and opener), born in Ireland (d. 1906)
- Nov 29 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch minister of the Interior and the Colonies
Weddings in History
Charles Darwin
Nov 11 Emma Wedgwood accepts English naturalist Charles Darwin's marriage proposal
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