Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
Here is a list of some historical events in November. You can learn What major event happened in November?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 2, 1917 | The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities". |
| November 23, 1248 | Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. |
| November 1, 1942 | World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory. |
| November 23, 2010 | Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. |
| November 25, 1678 | Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri. |
| November 1, 1896 | A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time. |
| November 4, 1921 | Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. |
| November 29, 1776 | During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements. |
| November 25, 1952 | Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the longest continuously running play in history. |
| November 14, 1812 | Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein. |
| November 29, 1972 | Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game. |
| November 28, 1991 | South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia. |
| November 30, 1981 | Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) |
| November 16, 1855 | David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe. |
| November 19, 636 | The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-QÄdisiyyah in Iraq. |
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