Events in History
- Nov 4 American inventor Benjamin Palmer from Meredith, New Hampshire, patents the artificial leg
Birthdays in History
- Nov 5 Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1869)
- Nov 18 Prince Louis of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein nobleman and politician, born in Prague (d. 1920)
- Nov 19 Emile Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1933)
- Nov 25 Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate who smashed hotels with a hatchet, born in Garrard County, Kentucky (d. 1911)
Deaths in History
- Nov 6 Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general
- Nov 6 Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
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