- 361 Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, dies at 44
- 753 Pirminius, German saint (b. 753)
- 1254 Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies
- 1344 Adolf van der Mark, prince-bishop of Liege (1313-44), dies at 56
- 1378 Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies
- 1428 Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
- 1456 Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and patriarch of the Tudor Dynasty, dies of bubonic plague imprisoned in Carmarthen Castle at 26
- 1580 Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
- 1584 Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan (1564-84), dies at 46
- 1600 Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
- 1639 Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
- 1643 Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (Guldinus theorem), dies at 66
- 1643 John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
- 1708 Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederick Henry, dies at 71
- 1711 John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian, dies at 45
- 1787 Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710)
Olympe de Gouges
1793 Olympe de Gouges [Marie Gouze], French playwright and revolutionary (Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen), executed by guillotine at 45
Olympe de Gouges
- 1794 François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715)
- 1845 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 69
- 1864 Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
- 1867 Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle
- 1869 Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet (b. 1792)
- 1873 Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies
- 1890 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
- 1914 Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27
- 1917 Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist, dies at 71
- 1918 Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (Lyapunov exponent), dies at 61
Annie Oakley
1926 Annie Oakley, US sharp shooting star, dies at 66
Annie Oakley
Alfred Wegener
1930 Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental shift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland at 50 (date is approximate)
Alfred Wegener
- 1931 Rudolf Wilhelm Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60
- 1933 Emile Roux, French scientist (b. 1853)
- 1939 Waldemar Lindgren, Swedish-American Geologist (economic geology, ore classification), dies at 79
- 1942 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64
- 1944 Jack Miner, Canadian naturalist and conservationist, dies at 79
- 1949 Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and art collector (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 88
Henri Matisse
1954 Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
Henri Matisse
Harlow Curtice
1962 Harlow Curtice, President of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69
Harlow Curtice
- 1970 Peter II Karadjordjevic, last King of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57
- 1980 Ludwig Hohl, writer, dies
- 1981 Thérèse Casgrain, French Canadian politician and senator, dies at 85
- 1982 E. H. Carr, English historian (History of Soviet Russia), dies at 90
- 1986 E Cuyler Hammond, American epidemiologist (first to link smoking with lung cancer), dies at 74
- 1988 Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies
- 1992 Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70
- 1993 Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in California fire at 41
- 1993 Aidan Crawley, British journalist and politician (Labour MP 1945-51), dies at 85
- 1994 Richard Krautheimer, US art historian, dies at 97
- 1994 Ralph Wyckoff, American scientist and pioneer of X-ray crystallography, dies at 97
- 1995 Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88
- 1995 Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887)
- 1996 Barry Porter, British lawyer and Conservative Party politician, dies at 57
- 1996 Heather Swift, local councellor, dies at 79
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
1996 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President (1966-1977) and later Emperor (1977-1979) of the Central African Republic, dies of a heart attack at 75
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1996 Abdullah Çatlı, a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b. 1956)
- 2001 Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909)
- 2003 Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
- 2006 Marie Rudisill, American author and "Fruitcake Lady" (b. 1911)
- 2007 Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
- 2009 Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906)
- 2010 Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (b. 1938)
- 2015 Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (supported US 2003 invasion), dies at 71
- 2015 Howard Coble, American politician (Rep-R-NC, 1985-2015), dies at 84
November in History
Space Dog Laika Launched to her Death
Laika, a stray dog picked up on the streets of Moscow, was launched into space on this day – and to her death. Furious worldwide protests ensued, bewildering some.
November 3, 1957
Strange Meeting for War Poet Owen's Brother
Soldier-poet Wilfred Owen was killed on this day – a death that his brother would learn about in a strange way.
November 4, 1918
400 Years of Celebration After Plotters Fail to Kill a King
Seething after years of persecution over their religion, a group of 13 English Catholics decided on this day to take action. Extreme action.
November 5, 1605
The Great Lord Lucan Mystery
Lord Lucan vanished on this day after his wife was attacked and their nanny murdered. But where did he go?
November 7, 1974