Historical Events
- Nov 1 Delegates meet at Chillicothe, Ohio, to form a state constitutional convention.
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 9 Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, born in Albion, Maine (d. 1837)
- Nov 14 August Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen), born in Nettelrede, Germany (d. 1887)
- Nov 19 Solomon Foot, American politician (U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1851-66) and attorney, born in Cornwall, Vermont (d. 1866)
- Nov 20 James L. Lardner, American naval officer (American Civil War), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1881)
- Nov 29 Wilhelm Hauff, German writer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1827)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 7 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, dies at 50
- Nov 9 Thomas Girtin, English artist, watercolorist and etcher ("The White House, Chelsea"), dies in his painting room at 27 from suspected asthma, consumption, or ossification of the heart
- Nov 12 Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62
- Nov 16 André Michaux, French botanist, dies at 56
