Events in History
- Nov 2 In a 6-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km
- Nov 4 African American inventor Thomas Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus
- Nov 4 James Ritty patents first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his saloon in Dayton, Ohio
- Nov 6 Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day
- Nov 19 National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
- Nov 28 Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
Birthdays in History
- Nov 1 Pal Teleki-von Szek, geographer/premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41)
- Nov 3 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian Arctic explorer/ethnologist
- Nov 6 Eugen Varga, Hungarian-Russian economist and politician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1964)
- Nov 7 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher and glass painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1975)
Leon Trotsky
Nov 7 Leon Trotsky, Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the Red Army [OS 26-10-1879], born in Yelizavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1940)
Leon Trotsky
- Nov 8 King Baggot I, director (Tumbleweeds), born in St Louis, Missouri
- Nov 9 Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician, born in Lepoglava, Croatia (d. 1931)
- Nov 10 Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, American poet (Gen William Booth enters Heaven), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 1931)
- Nov 10 Patrick Pearse, Irish poet, nationalist and political activist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1916)
- Nov 17 Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar
- Nov 19 Karel van den Oever, Flemish author/poet (Geuzenstad)
- Nov 20 Franz Pfemfert, writer
- Nov 22 Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), born in Slough, England (d. 1975)
Deaths in History
- Nov 5 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (speed of light), dies of abdominal cancer at 48