Historical Events
- Nov 4 First nationally observed uniform election day in the United States, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
- Nov 15 William Vincent Wallace, conducts the premiere of his first opera, "Maritana" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, England
- Nov 29 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 3 Edward Douglass White, American politician and jurist (9th Chief Justice of the United States), born in Thibodaux, Louisiana (d. 1921)
- Nov 4 Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian independence activist and revolutionary, born in Shirdhon village, Panvel taluka, Raigad district, British India (d. 1883)
John Thompson (1845-1894)
Nov 10 4th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1892-94), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Nov 14 Allen Hill, English cricket fast bowler (took 1st wicket in Test cricket; 2 Tests, 7 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), born in Kirkheaton, England (d. 1910)
- Nov 14 Ernst Perabo, German-American composer and pianist, born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 1920)
- Nov 14 Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (Fondamenti per la teorica delle funzioni di variabili reali), born in Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1918)
- Nov 18 John Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) (d. 1925)
- Nov 25 José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese novelist, born in Póvoa de Varzim (d. 1900)
