Historical Events
- Nov 3 American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture
- Nov 3 Race riots kill 4 blacks in Danville Virginia
- Nov 3 US Supreme Court decides federal courts have no jurisdiction over Native American tribal Council (Ex parte Crow Dog)
- Nov 5 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
- Nov 5 Edward Harrigan's musical farce "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres at Theatre Comique, NYC
- Nov 6 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
- Nov 8 English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage)
- Nov 10 Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship
Treasure Island
Nov 14 "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is first published as a book by Cassell & Co.
- Nov 17 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: Willie Fernie beats defending champion Bob Ferguson 1-up in 36-hole playoff
- Nov 18 Antonín Dvořák's "Husitska" (Hussite Overture) premieres at the gala opening of the Prague National Theater
- Nov 18 US and Canadian railroads set and synchronize four standard time zones - Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific, replacing over 100 previous time zones
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, born in Mošovce, Slovakia (d. 1963)
- Nov 2 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1947)
- Nov 3 Enny Peace [Maria Magdalena Müller], Dutch actress and wife of Eduard Verkade, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1919)
- Nov 5 Ernie Parker, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1913), born in Perth, Western Australia (d. 1918)
- Nov 6 Hubert Bath, British film composer and music director, born in Barnstaple, Devon, England (d. 1945)
- Nov 7 Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, African-American TV preacher, born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1968)
- Nov 8 Arnold Bax, British composer known for his orchestral music (Tintagel), and memoirist (Farewell My Youth), born in Streatham, London (d. 1953)
- Nov 8 Ethel Clayton, American actress (Hotel Continental), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 1966)
- Nov 9 Edna May Oliver [Nutter], American stage, silent and sound screen character actress (Little Women; Drums Along the Mohawk), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1942)
- Nov 10 Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, Czech organist and composer, born in Ivanovice na Hané, Czech Republic (d. 1951)
- Nov 11 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, 1918-67). and composer (Feuilles de Printemps), born in Vevey, Switzerland (d. 1969)
- Nov 14 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek politician and general (Prime Minister of Greece 1945, 50, 51-52), born in Karditsa, Greece (d. 1953)
- Nov 16 Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist and composer (In Tempore Belli) (d. 1958)
- Nov 18 Carl Vinson, American politician (38th Dean of the United States House of Representatives, 1961-65), born in Baldwin County, Georgia (d. 1981)
- Nov 19 Edward "Ned" Sparks, Canadian actor (42nd Street, Imitation of Life), born in Guelph, Ontario (d. 1957)
- Nov 23 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological and writer (Along the water front) (d. 1921)
- Nov 23 Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexican mural painter (Epic of Culture in New World), born in Zapotlán el Grande, Mexico (d. 1949)
- Nov 25 Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian author and mystic, born in Frenchtown, New Jersey (d. 1939)
- Nov 25 Percy Marmont, British actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon, Captain Apache), born in London, England (d. 1977)
- Nov 28 Paul Hastings Allen, American composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1952)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 5 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
- Nov 18 Wilhelm Siemens, German-British physicist and inventor (open-hearth furnace), dies at 60
- Nov 19 Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German engineer and inventor (laid undersea cables), dies at 60
- Nov 25 Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, dies at 76
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
Nov 26 African-American abolitionist and feminist, dies at 86
