Historical Events
- Nov 17 Origin of Modified Julian Period
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 7 Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, born in Habiganj, Sylhet region, India (d. 1932)
- Nov 11 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian diarist and painter, born in Gavrontsi, Russian Empire (d. 1884)
- Nov 12 Alexis Contant, Canadian pianist, organist and composer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1918)
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)
Nov 20 Swedish author and 1st woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils), born in Mårbacka, Värmland
- Nov 23 Frank Hearne, English cricket batsman (2 Tests England, 4 South Africa; Kent, Western Province), born in Ealing, England (d. 1949)
- Nov 25 Alfred Capus, French journalist and playwright, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1922)
- Nov 26 Katharine Drexel, American philanthropist and Roman Catholic Saint, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1955)
- Nov 27 Henry Musgrove, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test 1885), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1931)
- Nov 28 William Stanley, American inventor of the induction coil (electricity transformer), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1916) [1]
- Nov 30 Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, polymath and writer, born in Munshiganj, British India (d. 1937)
Famous Weddings
James Garfield
Nov 11 20th US President James Garfield (26) weds Lucretia Rudolph (26) in Hiram, Ohio
