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, 1867
Day of Week 9th » Tokugawa Shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
Day of Week 23rd » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1867
7th » Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
15th » Emil Krebs, German polyglot and sinologist (d. 1930)
24th » Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (d. 1916)
24th » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (d. 1917)
25th » Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr (d. 1941)
27th » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (d. 1950)
Famous Deaths for November 1867
13th » Adolphe Napoléon Didron, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1806)