Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 8 Claudius W. Sears, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Peru, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
- Nov 8 Théodore-Joseph Canneel, Flemish painter, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1892)
- Nov 9 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, American Major General (Union Army), born in Piatt's Landing, Kentucky (d. 1873)
- Nov 12 Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet Founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
- Nov 12 Carlo Pedrotti, Italian composer, associate of Verdi, born in Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire (d. 1893)
- Nov 12 Martin Gustav Nottebohm, German composer, born in Lüdenscheid, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1882)
- Nov 21 Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, born in Essex County, Virginia (d. 1863)
- Nov 24 Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave, Guatemalan-Spanish Cardinal (Archbishop of Toledo, first Cardinal born in America and of Creole parents), born in Guatemala (d. 1884)
- Nov 25 John Bigelow, American statesman and author, born in Bristol, New York (d. 1911)
Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903)
Nov 30 German historian and scholar (A History of Rome) who won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature, born in Garding, Duchy of Schleswig
Famous Weddings
Carl Maria von Weber
Nov 4 German composer Carl Maria von Weber (30) weds opera singer Caroline Brandt
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Giovanni Zanotti, Italian composer, dies at 79
- Nov 6 Charlotte Augusta of Wales, British princess and only legitimate grandchild of George III, dies in childbirth at 21
- Nov 7 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 85
- Nov 8 Andrea Appiani, Italian royal painter (Napoleon), dies at 63
- Nov 14 Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
