Events in History
- Nov 1 Classes begin at Boston Female Medical College, 1st US female medical college
WHSmith: a Retail Giant Born From a Widow's Might
Nov 1 WHSmith opens its 1st railway bookstall, at Euston Station in London, England
- Nov 3 Johan Thorbeckes revises the Constitution of the Netherlands
Election of Interest
Nov 7 General Zachary Taylor elected as 12th President of US
- Nov 9 Post office at Clay & Pike opens, 1st in San Francisco
- Nov 9 Robert Blum, a German revolutionary and MP (Liberal), is executed in Vienna.
- Nov 21 Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto" premieres in Paris
- Nov 21 Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
- Nov 23 Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston
Birthdays in History
- Nov 6 Richard Jefferies, English naturalist and essayist, born in Coate, Swindon, England (d. 1887)
- Nov 8 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift), born in Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation (d. 1925)
- Nov 12 Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
- Nov 13 Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1889-1922), born in Paris (d. 1922)
Deaths in History
William Lamb
Nov 24 William Lamb, 2ng Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig 1834, 1835-41), dies at 69
