Historical Events
Boston Tea Declaration
Nov 5 John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America"
Famous Birthdays
Famous Weddings
Betsy Ross
Nov 4 American seamstress Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy Ross) weds American upholster John Ross at Huggs Tavern in Gloucester City, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 John Glas, Scottish Presbyterian clergyman (started Glasite church movement), dies at 78
- Nov 8 Friedrich Wilhelm, baron von Seydlitz, Prussian general, dies at 52
- Nov 16 John Hawkesworth, English writer
- Nov 19 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician, dies at 51
- Nov 22 Robert Clive, English explorer and founder (British Empire in India), dies at 49
- Nov 25 Carl Höckh, German composer and violinist, dies at 66
