Historical Events
- Nov 10 The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
- Nov 12 Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic
- Nov 21 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
- Nov 25 Friedrich von Flotow's comic romance opera "Martha" premiers at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna
- Nov 26 Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice" premieres in Paris
- Nov 28 Church of San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali in Bologna, Italy initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo
- Nov 29 Cayuse Indians kill missionaries Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, and 12 others at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon Country (near present day Walla Walla, Washington)
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano, born in Chambly, United Province of Canada (d. 1930)
- Nov 2 Georges Sorel, French philosopher and theorist of Sorelianism, born in Cherbourg, France (d. 1922)
- Nov 7 (Charlotte) "Lotta" Crabtree, American stage actress, comedian (Little Nell and the Marchioness), and philanthropist, born in New York City (d. 1924)
Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
Nov 8 Irish theater manager and author (Dracula), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Nov 8 Jean Casimir-Périer, French politician (President of France 1894-95), born in Paris (d. 1907)
- Nov 16 Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec), born in Percé, Canada (d. 1927)
- Nov 26 Maria Feodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia, born in Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1928)
- Nov 30 August Klughardt, German composer, born in Köthen, Germany (d. 1902)
Famous Deaths
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Nov 4 German composer and pianist (Italian Symphony; Songs Without Words), dies after a series of strokes at 38
- Nov 29 Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (Oregon Trail), killed at 45
- Nov 29 Narcissa Whitman (née Prentiss), American missionary and pioneer woman, killed in massacre at 39
