- Nov 3 First US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
Spain Declares War Against the United States
Nov 5 Under US military control since the end of the Spanish–American War in 1898, Cuba now calls its own constitutional convention
- Nov 6 Battle at Bothaville: Major General Charles Knox beats Boers
McKinley Defeats Bryan
Nov 6 Republican US President William McKinley and his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, defeat Democrat William Jennings Bryan
- Nov 7 Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Laurier Government
Nov 7 In Canada, the Liberal Government led by Wilfrid Laurier retains its majority
Beatty made Captain
Nov 8 British naval officer David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade at Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion and is promoted to captain
Sister Claire
Nov 8 Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published
- Nov 9 China has resumed nominal control of Manchuria, but in a secret agreement the Chinese governor of Manchuria grants Russia such rights as keeping troops along the railroad lines and controlling civil administration
- Nov 12 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris closes after 50 million visitors - Art Nouveau style dominates
- Nov 13 Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
- Nov 15 Dutch soccer club NEC is established in Nijmegen
- Nov 17 5th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 53-5 in Montgomery
Kruger lands at Marseille
Nov 22 Paul Kruger, exiled President of the Boer Republic of South Africa, is given a popular welcome when he lands at Marseilles, France
Kitchener Assumes Command
Nov 29 General Horatio Kitchener assumes command of the British forces in South Africa from General Lord Roberts
- Nov 30 A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
- Nov 30 The First Isthmian Canal Commission, appointed by the President having examined possible routes for a canal, issues its report favoring that through Nicaragua over the Panama route
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