- 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 A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/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