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 10, 1865 | Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes. |
| November 4, 1847 | Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. |
| November 1, 996 | Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German). |
| November 10, 1821 | Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia. |
| November 27, 1989 | Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack. |
| November 7, 1983 | Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war[5] |
| November 8, 1620 | The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. |
| November 9, 1799 | Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government. |
| November 21, 1851 | Mutineers take control of the Chilean penal colony of Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan. |
| November 14, 1991 | Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile. |
| November 7, 1940 | In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion. |
| November 1, 2011 | Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank. |
| November 22, 1971 | In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains. |
| November 7, 1900 | The People's Party is founded in Cuba. |
| November 13, 1918 | World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. |
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