- Nov 6 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer, dies at 72
- Nov 14 John La Farge, American painter (stained glass), dies at 75
- Nov 15 Wilhelm Raabe [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor), dies at 79
- Nov 19 Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), dies at 74
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Nov 20 Russian novelist (Anna Karenina, War and Peace), dies of pneumonia at 82
- Nov 23 Hawley Harvey Crippen [Dr Crippen], American homeopath and first killer to be caught with the aid of wireless telegraphy, dies by hanging at 48