Birthdays
Jonathan E. Bulkeley
Turns 38 on this date
William Crutchfield
Turns 37 on this date
Charles Smith Hamilton
Turns 39 on this date
Castner Hanway
Turns 40 on this date
John Brooks Henderson
Turns 35 on this date
Michael Kelly Lawler
Turns 47 on this date
Manton Marble
Turns 26 on this date
Francis Benjamin Sellers
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | In Hamburg, Germany, Brahms' Quartet in G Minor debuts, with Clara Schumann at the piano | 11/16/1861 |
| Science/Technology | The new 730-ton side wheel gunboat U.S.S. Miami is launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard | 11/16/1861 |
| Religion/Philosophy | The United States Christian Commission is set up at a conference in New York City | 11/16/1861 |
Documents
| Military record | Charles Wilkes, USN to Gideon Welles, Final Report on the seizure of Mason and Slidell, November 16, 1861 | 11/16/1861 |