Historical Events
- Nov 15 1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
- Nov 15 Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak in Colorado
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 24 Omar Pasha [Mihajlo Latas], Serbian-Ottoman field marshal (Crimean War) and Governor (Bosnia, Iraq), born in Janja Gora, Military Frontier, Austrian Empire (d. 1871)
- Nov 24 William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 10 Charles William Ferdinand, German military leader (Prussian army general) and nobleman (Duke of Brunswick, 1780-1805), dies at 71
- Nov 12 Josef Gottlieb Kölreuter, German Botanist who pioneered the study of plant hybrids, dies at 73
- Nov 16 Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
- Nov 19 Shah Alam II, 17th Mughal Emperor (1760-1806), dies at 78
- Nov 23 Roger Newdigate, British politician (sat in the House of Commons 1742-80), dies at 87
