Historical Events
Alexander I
Nov 21 Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
Famous Birthdays
Benjamin Butler (1818-1893)
Nov 5 American Major General (Union Army), Governor of Massachusetts (1883-84) and US presidential candidate (Greenback anti-monopoly ticket), born in Deerfield, New Hampshire
- Nov 7 Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physiologist, co-discoverer of nerve action potential and founder of modern electrophysiology, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1896)
- Nov 9 Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (Fathers & Sons), born in Oryol, Russian Empire (d. 1883)
- Nov 22 Samuel Gibbs French, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Mullica Hill, New Jersey (d. 1910)
- Nov 26 Louis Lacombe, French pianist and composer, born in Bourges, France (d. 1884)
- Nov 29 George Brown, Birtish-Canadian journalist, publisher (Toronto Globe), Premier of Canada West (Liberal: 1858) and one of the Fathers of Confederation, born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (d. 1880)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 17 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, consort to King George III, dies at 74
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