November

In the Gregorian calendar, November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year and has 30 days. Its name derives from novem ('nine', in Latin), for having been the ninth month of the Roman calendar. It kept its name "ninth" even when months were added to the year.

In Japan and some Eastern countries it is called the Month of Charity.

Iconography

In the beginning, November was represented as a priest of the goddess Isis dressed in a linen tunic with a bald head and leaning on an altar on which was the head of a kid, an animal that was sacrificed to the goddess in the month of november.^{[citation needed]}

The moderns represent it in the form of a character dressed in a dry leaf with one hand resting on the sign of Sagittarius and the other holding a cornucopia, from which certain roots emerge, the last present that the earth offers us.

Events in November

November, in Les très riches heures from the Duke of Berry.

• On November 1, the Day of All Saints is celebrated in the Catholic Church.
• The 2nd of November is the day of the Commemoration of the Dead Faithful in the Catholic Church and some Protestant Churches. In Mexico, it is related to the Day of Death, which is usually celebrated on 1 and 2.
• Panama Day of Colombia is celebrated on 3 November.
• The Day of the Symbols of Panama is celebrated on 4 November.
• On November 6, 1844 the first constitution of the Dominican Republic was approved.
• On November 8, since 1949, World Urban Day is celebrated.
• The Berlin Wall falls on 9 November 1989.
• On November 11, the armistice was signed that ended the First World War.
• The World Day of Diabetes is celebrated on 14 November.
• On November 17th (approximately) the rain of meteors from the Lions reached its peak.
• On November 19 it is the International Day of Man.
• The anniversary of the Mexican Revolution is celebrated on November 20.
• On November 22, the International Day of Music is celebrated in honor of Saint Cecilia.
• The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women has been held since 1999.
• The 27th of November is celebrated:
  • Day of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
  • International Jaguar Day
• On November 28, Panama Independence Day is celebrated.

Celebrations

• November is the month of prevention of prostate cancer, known as movember.

Other data

• For the Catholic Church, this month is dedicated to the dead and souls of Purgatory.