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, 1857
Day of Week 9th » 'The Atlantic' is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of Week 16th » Siege of Lucknow e.g Second relief of Lucknow twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1857
3rd » Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (d. 1918)
5th » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1944)
11th » Janet Erskine Stuart, English nun and educator (d. 1914)
17th » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (d. 1932)
24th » Miklós Kovács (poet) called Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (d. 1937)
26th » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913)
27th » Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)