Historical Events
- Nov 4 Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" debuts at Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Nov 4 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
- Nov 4 Prince of Wales opens first underground station at Stockwell, South London
- Nov 11 D McCree patents portable fire escape
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Nov 12 Mabel Loomis Todd publishes the first edition of "Poems by Emily Dickinson"
First Surviving Motion Picture
Nov 21 Edison lab records the 1st surviving motion picture, "Monkeyshines No. 1", shot by William am Kennedy Dickson and William Heise [date disputed between June 1889 and November 21–27, 1890]
- Nov 23 General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi
- Nov 23 King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit
- Nov 27 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation
- Nov 29 1st US Army - US Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 James Barton, American actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh), born in Gloucester City, New Jersey (d. 1962)
- Nov 2 Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), born in Vårdnäs, Linköping (d. 1964)
- Nov 3 Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary in Brazil, born in Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands (d. 1943)
- Nov 4 Klabund [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia), born in Crossen, Germany (d. 1928)
- Nov 5 Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter, born in Okrouhlice near Německý Brod, Bohemia (d. 1977)
- Nov 12 Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
- Nov 15 Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
- Nov 16 Aloÿs-Henri-Gérard Fornerod, Swiss composer, born in Montet-Cudrefin, Switzerland (d. 1965)
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
Nov 16 6th President of the Philippines (1949-53), born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- Nov 16 George Seldes, American investigative journalist, born in Alliance Colony, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- Nov 17 Jack Cusack, American pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1973)
- Nov 19 George Regas, Greek actor (The Mark of Zorro), born in Goranoi, Greece (d. 1940)
- Nov 20 Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1973)
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
Nov 22 French army general and President of France (1958-69), born in Lille, France
- Nov 22 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1976)
- Nov 23 El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
- Nov 25 Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet (Poems from the Trenches) and artist, born in Bristol, England (d. 1918)
- Nov 30 John Tasker Howard, American composer and music historian, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1964)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 3 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
- Nov 4 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
- Nov 4 Joseph B. Palmer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 65
- Nov 4 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish classical composer (Over the Precipice; You Are My Dream), dies at 46
- Nov 8 Caesar Franck, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonic Variations), dies at 67
- Nov 16 Johann Scheler, Belgian man of letters and librarian, dies at 71
- Nov 22 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
- Nov 23 Willem III, King of the Netherlands (1849-90), dies at 73
- Nov 24 August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat (U.S. Minister to the Netherlands 1853-57), dies at 76
- Nov 27 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, dies at 69
