ante diem iv idus novembres

• ludi Plebeii (day 7) — the festival in honour of Jupiter continues
• 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Trypho (maybe … maybe not)
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Tiberius
• 1870 — birth of Michael Rostovtzeff (author of The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire and the Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World among other things)

ante diem v idus novembres

• ludi Plebeii (day 6) — the Jupiterfest continues
• 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood began (according to Polyhistor)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Orestes in Cappadocia

Ante diem iv kalendas novembres

• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 4)– games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 1729 — birth of James Boswell (biographer of Johnson)