Historical Events
- Nov 15 Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
- Nov 25 The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy
- Nov 27 John Walker invents friction match in England
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 Robert Hopkins Hatton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1862)
- Nov 2 William Haines Lytle, US politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1863)
- Nov 3 Jasper Adalmorn Maltby, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Kingsville, Ohio (d. 1867)
- Nov 17 John McArthur, Scottish-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Erskine, Scotland (d. 1906)
- Nov 24 Carlo Collodi [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (The Adventures of Pinocchio), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1890)
- Nov 30 George Washington Deitzler, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (d. 1884)
