Events in November

· November 1 – Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian national revival
· In Ireland, November 1 is regarded as the first day of winter.
· November 1 is called November Day (Lá Samhna) in Celtic tradition and is thus named in the Irish Calendar, where the month is called Mí na Samhna.
· In the Christian calendar, November 2 is All Souls Day. It is known in Mexico as el Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), and the whole month of November is especially dedicated to praying for the dead
· Britain and New Zealand celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, the anniversary of the failed Gunpowder Plot, on November 5.
· In Indonesia, November 10 is known as National Heroes Day.
· November 10 is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
· Independence Day in Angola on November 11.
· Independence Day in Poland on November 11.
· Feast Day of St. Martin of Tours (Sint Maarten in the Netherlands and Sankt Martin in Germany); this is celebrated with parades in which the children carry lanterns, which they continue to carry as they go from door to door singing traditional songs for candy, which tradition arises from the same roots as trick-or-treating on Halloween, when people used to go around collecting "soul cakes". The parades usually feature a man in the costume of a Roman centurion on a horse and end with a re enactment of the old legend of the Saint dividing his cloak to share it with a beggar.
· Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11 in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. It is known as Veterans Day in the United States.
· In India, Children's Day is celebrated on November 14, the birth date of first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
· World Diabetes Day is celebrated on November 14.
· The Leonids meteor shower reaches its peak around November 17.
· World Prematurity Day is November 17.
· Latvian Independence day is November 18.
· Discovery to the Eastern World of Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus on November 19, 1493.
· International Men's Day is commemorated on November 19.
· Día de la Revolución, or Revolution Day, is celebrated in Mexico on November 20.
· Transgender Day of Remembrance has occurred on November 20 each year in the United States since 1999.
· National Adoption Day – November 21
· Independence Day in Lebanon is November 22.
· Rudolf Maister day in Slovenia is on November 23
· On November 24 each year, Lachit Divas is celebrated state wide in Assam, India, to commemorate the heroism of the great general Lachit Borphukan and the victory of the Assamese army over the Mughal army at the battle of Saraighat in 1671.
· Suriname celebrates its Independence Day on November 25.
· International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25.
· Albanian Independence Day is on November 28.
· Scotland celebrates St Andrews Day, its official national day, on November 30. Since 2006 it has been an official bank holiday.
· Argentina celebrates the Day of National Sovereignty on November 20, to commemorate the Vuelta de Obligado battle. It has been declared an official national holiday in 2010
· The United States and Puerto Rico observe Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.
· For Western Christians, Advent usually begins on a Sunday during the last week of November (the Sunday between November 27 and December 3).