Historical Events
- Nov 2 Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont and Kearny starts
- Nov 4 Lighthouse built on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay
- Nov 5 Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 at Inkerman
- Nov 13 "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
- Nov 15 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
- Nov 28 Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
- Nov 30 Rebellion of miners at Eureka Stockade at Ballarat in Victoria who swear allegiance to the Southern Cross Flag, angry at the colonial government - landmark event in Australian labor relations [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 3 Jokichi Takamine, Japanese-American biochemist who isolated adrenaline (epinephrine), which causes the body to respond to emergencies, the first pure hormone isolated from natural sources, born in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan (d. 1922)
- Nov 5 Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins, born in Lévis, Quebec (d. 1920)
- Nov 5 Paul Sabatier, French chemist (Nobel 1912 - improving the hydrogenation of organic species in the presence of metals), born in Carcassonne, France (d. 1941)
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Nov 6 American composer and march king (Stars & Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 8 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (Rydberg formula), born in Halmstad, Sweden (d. 1919)
- Nov 9 Joseph Miroslav Weber, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1906)
- Nov 13 George Whitfield Chadwick, American composer (Judi Van Winke), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1931)
- Nov 16 Jules van den Heuvel, Belgian lawyer, politician (Minister of Justice, 1899-1907), and diplomat (Ambassador to the Vatican, 1915-18), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1926)
- Nov 17 Louis Lyautey, French general and colonial administrator (Indochina, Morocco) Minister of Defense (1916-17), born in Nancy, France (d. 1934)
Benedict XV (1854-1922)
Nov 21 Italian 258th Pope (1914-22), born in Pegli, Genoa, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
Famous Deaths
- Nov 5 Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann
- Nov 18 Edward Forbes, English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography, dies of an illness at 39
- Nov 19 Alberich Zwyssig, Swiss composer (Swiss National Anthem), dies at 46
- Nov 25 John Gibson Lockhart [Scorpion], Scottish biographer (Life of Walter Scott), dies at 60
- Nov 26 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (set out official Dutch Spelling), dies at 80
