18th » In a Action of 18 November 1809 known as naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1809
4th » Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1874)
13th » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (d. 1870)
27th » Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet (d. 1893)
Famous Deaths for November 1809
9th » Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)