Historical Events
Franklin Pierce Elected
Nov 2 Democrat Franklin Pierce elected 14th President of the United States
- Nov 4 Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy
- Nov 18 Rose Philippine Duchesne dies in St. Charles, Missouri. She would be canonized on July 3, 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
- Nov 18 State funeral of Duke of Wellington (St Paul's Cathedral, London)
- Nov 20 Charles Reade and Tom Taylor's historical comedy play "Masks & Faces" premieres in London
- Nov 21 Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College
- Nov 23 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt likely caused by heavy rains causes Lake Merced, California, to drop 30 feet (9m)
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 3 Emperor Meiji [Mutsuhito], 122nd Emperor of Japan (1867-1912), born in Kyōto, Japan (d. 1912)
- Nov 7 Bohdan Borkowski, Polish composer, born in Tenczynek, Kraków, Poland (d. 1901)
- Nov 11 Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, born in Penzing, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1925)
- Nov 21 Francisco Tárrega, Spanish composer, born in Villarreal, Spain (d. 1909)
- Nov 22 Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and pacifist (Nobel 1909), born in La Flèche, France (d. 1924)
- Nov 25 Johan Salvator, Archduke of Austria, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1890)
- Nov 26 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Japanese admiral and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1913-1914, 1923-1924), born in Kagoshima, Japan (d. 1933)
- Nov 29 Paul Hillemacher, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1933)
Famous Deaths
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
Nov 27 English mathematician considered the first computer programmer, and writer and daughter of poet Lord Byron, dies of uterine cancer at 36
- Nov 28 Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
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