Famous Birthdays
- Nov 6 Absalom Jones, African-American abolitionist and clergyman, born into slavery in Delaware (d. 1818)
- Nov 12 Jacques Charles [Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles], French inventor and balloonist, (with Nicholas Robert, was the first to take flight in a hydrogen balloon), born in Beaugency, France (d. 1823)
Tiradentes (1746-1792)
Nov 12 Brazilian revolutionary and independence fighter (Inconfidência Mineira) considered a national hero, born in Fazenda do Pombal, Minas Gerais, Portuguese Colony of Brazil
- Nov 14 Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal (served Pius VII), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1822)
- Nov 15 Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (Colas et Colinette), born in Saint-Malo, France (d. 1809)
- Nov 27 Increase Sumner, American politician (5th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1799)
Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)
Nov 27 US Founding Father who delivered the oath of office to George Washington, born in New York City
Famous Deaths
- Nov 14 Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
Admirals
Aviators
Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
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