Historical Events
First Gotham - NY Association
Nov 11 Washington Irving's Salmagundi periodical published - first to associate the name "Gotham" with New York City
Portuguese Royal Family Escape
Nov 27 Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 16 François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, born in Issoire, France (d. 1873)
Famous Deaths
Joseph Brant (1743–1807)
Nov 24 Mohawk military and political leader who led Mohawk and colonial loyalists during the American Revolutionary War (Brant's Volunteers), dies at 64
- Nov 26 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800), dies at 62
