Historical Events
Nathan Bedford Forest
Nov 14 Nathan Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
Lincoln's First Draft
Nov 17 Abraham Lincoln begins first draft of his Gettysburg Address
Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address
Nov 19 US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score and seven years ago..."
- Nov 23 US Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob, Tennessee begins, ends with Union victory on 25 November
- Nov 24 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
- Nov 25 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
- Nov 26 -Dec 2] Mine Run campaign, VA
- Nov 27 -29] Battle at Fort Esperanza, Texas
- Nov 27 Battle of Payne's Farm, Virginia
- Nov 29 Battle of Fort Sanders, Tennessee: Confederate troops fail to break through Union defenses with 8-900 causalities
- Nov 30 Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
Famous Birthdays
Blanche Bingley (1863-1946)
Nov 3 British tennis player (Wimbledon 1886, 89, 94, 97, 99-1900), born in Greenford, England
- Nov 3 Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1942)
- Nov 4 William Faulkes, British organist, transcriber and composer, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1933)
- Nov 8 René Viviani, French historian and 61st Prime Minister of France (1914-15), born in Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria (d. 1925)
- Nov 11 Paul Signac, French painter (developed the technique called pointillism with Georges Seurat), born in Paris (d. 1935)
Leo Baekeland (1863-1944)
Nov 14 Belgian-American chemist and inventor (bakelite plastics), born in Ghent, Belgium
- Nov 18 Richard Dehmel, German poet and writer, born in Hermsdorf, Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1920)
- Nov 20 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet) and wife of John Dilis (d. 1939)
- Nov 21 Arthur Quiller-Couch, Cornish novelist and editor (The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900), born in Bodmin, Cornwall (d. 1944)
- Nov 29 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (Olympic Hymn), born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1917)
- Nov 30 Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1897)
- Nov 30 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1916)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 Theodore Judah, American civil engineer (1st transcontinental railroad), dies of yellow fever at 37
- Nov 13 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general, dies after being wounded in the Battle of Bristoe Station at 45
- Nov 15 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63), dies at 55
- Nov 20 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine and Governor (Jamaica), dies at 52
- Nov 21 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 74
- Nov 24 Claudius Charles Wilson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia at 32
