November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning nine) when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
November symbols: The birthstones of November are the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine. Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum. The zodiac signs for the month of November are Scorpio (until November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 onwards).
Historical Events for November, 1856
Day of Week 6th » 'Scenes of Clerical Life', the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
Day of Week 17th » American Frontier American Old West: On the Sonoita Creek Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan, Arizona Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1856
3rd » Jim McCormick (pitcher) named Jim McCormick, Scottish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1918)
13th » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1941)
18th » Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) or Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929)
22nd » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints known as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945)
29th » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)
Famous Deaths for November 1856
20th » Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician (b. 1775)