Events in History
- Nov 4 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
- Nov 4 Prince of Wales opens first underground station at Stockwell, South London
- Nov 11 D McCree patents portable fire escape
Historic Publication
Nov 12 Mabel Loomis Todd publishes the first edition of "Poems by Emily Dickinson"
- Nov 23 General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi
- Nov 23 King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit
- Nov 27 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation
- Nov 29 1st US Army - US Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
Birthdays in History
- Nov 2 Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), born in Vårdnäs, Linköping (d. 1964)
- Nov 3 Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary in Brazil, born in Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands (d. 1943)
- Nov 4 Klabund [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia), born in Crossen, Germany (d. 1928)
- Nov 5 Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter, born in Okrouhlice near Německý Brod, Bohemia (d. 1977)
- Nov 15 Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
Nov 16 6th President of the Philippines (1949-53), born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
Nov 22 French army general and President of France (1958-69), born in Lille, France
Deaths in History
- Nov 3 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
- Nov 4 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
- Nov 4 Joseph B. Palmer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 65
- Nov 16 Johann Scheler, Belgian man of letters and librarian, dies at 71
- Nov 23 Willem III, last male King of the Netherlands (1849-90), dies at 73
- Nov 24 August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat (U.S. Minister to the Netherlands 1853-57), dies at 76
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