Famous Birthdays
- Nov 8 Friedrich Witt, German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony; The Suffering Saviour), born in Niederstetten, Germany (d. 1836)
- Nov 16 Étienne Pivert de Senancour, French author (Obermann), born in Paris (d. 1846)
- Nov 19 Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (Dying Lion), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1844)
- Nov 28 Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, daughter of Stadtholder William V Prince of Orange and Wilhelmina of Prussia, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1819)
- Nov 29 Peter Hänsel, German-Austrian violinist and composer, born in Leppe, Silesia Province (d. 1831)
Famous Deaths
George Grenville (1712-1770)
Nov 13 British Prime Minister (1763-65) who introduced the Stamp Act (1st international tax to the colonies in America), dies at 58
