Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific
Nov 7 Lewis and Clark Expedition first sights the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River
Battle of Dürenstein
Nov 11 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
- Nov 16 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French
- Nov 19 Lewis and Clark expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west
Fidelio
Nov 20 Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fidelio", his only opera, premieres at Vienna's Theater an der Wien
- Nov 26 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, carrying the Llangollen canal 126 feet above the River Dee. Longest aqueduct in the UK and highest canal aqueduct in the world.
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