Historical Events
- Nov 12 Andrew Ellicott makes the first known record of a meteor shower observation in the U.S, from a ship off the coast of Florida Keys
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 3 William Sprague III, American politician (U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1842-44)), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1856)
- Nov 9 Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1877)
- Nov 11 Charles Bent, American fur trader and Governor of New Mexico Territory for 100 days (1846-47), born in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia) (d. 1847)
- Nov 17 Titian Peale, American artist and naturalist (American Ornithology), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1885)
- Nov 19 René Caillié, French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu, born in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, Deux-Sèvres, France (d. 1838)
- Nov 29 Amos Bronson Alcott, American educator and poet (Concord Days), born in Wolcott, Connecticut (d. 1888)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 22 Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
