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, 1793
Day of Week 3rd » France named French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
Day of Week 9th » William Carey (missionary) named William Carey reaches the Hooghly River.
Day of Week 10th » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Chaumette.
Day of Week 12th » Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
Day of Week 16th » French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are Drownings at Nantes called executed by drowning at Nantes.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1793
3rd » Stephen F. Austin, American businessman and politician (d. 1836)
12th » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)
15th » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
17th » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic (d. 1865)
28th » Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (d. 1866)
Famous Deaths for November 1793
3rd » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and activist (b. 1748)
12th » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
24th » Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French politician, List of Finance Ministers of France or French Minister of Finance (b. 1723)