- Nov 2 Verney Cameron reaches Benguela in Angola, from Africa's east coast, 1st European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea
- Nov 4 Massachusetts Rifle Association is founded in Boston
- Nov 4 Passenger Steamship "Pacific" collides with sailing vessel "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery, Washington, 236 die
- Nov 4 Tonga adopts constitution
- Nov 7 Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equatorial Africa
- Nov 13 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
- Nov 13 National Bowling Association organized in NYC
- Nov 16 Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
- Nov 16 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
- Nov 17 American Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Colonel Olcott
- Nov 28 British explorer Verney Cameron reaches East Africa
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