Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 4 Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (fluid mechanics), born in Caen, France (d. 1836)
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
Nov 14 American inventor and engineer (first commercial steamboat), born in Little Britain, Pennsylvania
- Nov 17 Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
- Nov 20 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1814)
- Nov 20 Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer, born in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1819)
- Nov 23 Thomas Attwood, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1838)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 30 George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
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