Historical Events
Ruy Blas
Nov 8 Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas" premieres in Paris
- Nov 30 Mexico declares war on France
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet, born in Lithang (d. 1856)
- Nov 6 John Grant Mitchell, American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1894)
- Nov 7 Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (Contes cruels), born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France (d. 1889)
- Nov 13 Joseph F. Smith, 6th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Far West, Missouri (d. 1918)
- Nov 14 August Senoa, Croatian writer (Zlatarevo zlato), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 1881)
- Nov 20 William Painter, American inventor (crown cork bottle cap and opener), born in Triadelphia, Maryland (d. 1906)
- Nov 22 José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, Portuguese composer, born in Portuguese Macau (d. 1903)
- Nov 29 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch minister of the Interior and the Colonies (d. 1909)
Famous Weddings
Charles Darwin
Nov 11 Emma Wedgwood accepts English naturalist Charles Darwin's marriage proposal
Famous Deaths
- Nov 24 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, German composer, dies at 65
