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November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. From the Latin novem for " nine". (It was originally the ninth month of the year in the early Roman calendar, which started in March, before January and February were inserted).
1 Events in November
- All Saint's Day, a Christian holiday. Observance is on November 1, the day after HalloweenHalloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, Ireland and Canada.. In SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf the All Saints official holidayAll official holidays in Sweden are established by acts of Parliament. The official holidays can be divided into Christian and Non-Christian holidays. The main Christian holidays are Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost and All Saints. takes place on the first SaturdaySaturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. Its name is unique among the names of days, in that it is derived from the Roman god Saturn, while the other six names are derived from Saxon gods. By tradition derived from ancient Jews, Saturday of November.
- In IrelandThe island of Ireland ire in Irish, Airlann in Ulster Scots) is the third-largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea, close to the island of Great Britain. It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Irelan November 1 is regarded as the first day of WinterThis article is about the winter season. For other uses of the term, see winter (disambiguation). Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. Astronomically, it begins with the winter solstice (around December 21 in the Northern hemisphere and J.
- 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
- American Federal elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in years divisible by two. They therefore fall between November 2 and November 8. Representatives for the U.S. house are always elected on this cycle. U.S. presidents are elected in years divisible by four. About one third of the U.S. Senate will be elected every two years for a six year term. Most U.S. states, counties, and municipalities will have some part of their election cycle coincident with this date.
- The Americans celebrate Thanksgiving holiday on the fourth Thursday of November, with the following Friday being also a day off from work for many.
- Around November 17 the Leonids reach their peak.
- In Britain and New Zealand Guy Fawkes night is celebrated on November 5, the anniversary of the failed Gunpowder Plot.
- November is NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month.
