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{{*mp}} [[1519]] – [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|Spanish conquistador]] '''[[Hernán Cortés]]''' entered [[Tenochtitlan]] where [[Aztec]] ''[[Huey tlatoani|tlatoani]]'' [[Moctezuma II]] welcomed him with great pomp as would befit a returning [[deity|god]].<!--Tagged with {{missing citations}} |
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{{*mp}} [[1793]] – In [[Paris]], the '''[[Louvre]]''' was opened to the public as a [[museum]] during the [[French Revolution]].<!--need to verify date |
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{{*mp}} [[1923]] – [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Erich Ludendorff]] and other members of the [[Kampfbund]] started the '''[[Beer Hall Putsch]]''', a failed attempt to seize power in [[Weimar Republic|Germany]].<!--tagged with {{refimprove}} |
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{{*mp}} [[1942]] – The [[North African Campaign]] of [[World War II]]: '''[[Operation Torch]]''' began when [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] forces invaded [[French North Africa]].<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
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{{*mp}} [[1895]] – [[Germany|German]] [[Physics|physicist]] '''[[Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]]''' produced and detected [[electromagnetic radiation]] in a [[wavelength]] range that is known today as [[X-rays]] ''(example pictured)''.<!-- refimprove |
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{{*mp}} [[1620]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: An army of 15,000 [[Bohemia]]ns and mercenaries were routed by 27,000 men of the combined armies of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and of the [[Catholic League (German)|Catholic League]] at the '''[[Battle of White Mountain]]''' near [[Prague]]. |
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| [[1519]] – [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|Spanish conquistador]] '''[[Hernán Cortés]]''' entered [[Tenochtitlan]] where [[Aztec]] ''[[tlatoani]]'' {{nowrap|[[Moctezuma II]]}} welcomed him with great pomp as would befit a returning god. |
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| [[1576]] – The provinces of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] signed the '''[[Pacification of Ghent]]''', to make peace with the rebelling provinces [[Holland]] and [[Zeeland]], and also to form an alliance to drive the occupying Spanish out of the country. |
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| [[1602]] – The '''[[Bodleian Library]]''', one of Europe's oldest libraries, opened at the [[University of Oxford]]. |
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| [[1620]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: An army of 15,000 [[Bohemia]]ns and mercenaries were routed by 27,000 men of the combined armies of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and of the [[Catholic League (German)|Catholic League]] at the '''[[Battle of White Mountain]]''' near [[Prague]]. |
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| [[1837]] – In [[South Hadley, Massachusetts]], U.S., [[Mary Lyon]] founded a [[Female seminary|seminary for women]] that became '''[[Mount Holyoke College]]''', the first of the [[Seven Sisters (colleges)|Seven Sisters]] group of colleges. |
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| [[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: {{USS|San Jacinto|1850|6}}<!--[[USS San Jacinto (1850)]]; not bold, refimprove--> stopped {{RMS|Trent}}<!--[[RMS Trent|RMS ''Trent'']] not bold, stub--> ''(depicted)'' and arrested two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys en route to Europe, sparking '''[[Trent Affair|a major diplomatic crisis]]''' between the United Kingdom and the United States. |
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| [[1892]] – Despite [[Racism and ethnic discrimination in the United States|racial divisions]], black and white union members united in '''[[1892 New Orleans general strike|a general strike]]''' in [[New Orleans]]. |
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| [[1895]] – German physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] produced and detected [[electromagnetic radiation]] in a [[wavelength]] range known today as '''[[X-ray]]'''<!-- ''(first [[radiograph]] pictured)''-->. |
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| [[1923]] – [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Erich Ludendorff]] and other members of the [[Kampfbund]] started the '''[[Beer Hall Putsch]]''', a failed attempt to seize power in [[Weimar Republic|Weimar Germany]]. |
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| [[1939]] – '''[[Georg Elser]]''' unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]] with a [[time bomb]], but killed eight people and injured sixty-two others instead. |
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| [[2016]] – The [[Government of India]] announced '''[[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|the demonetisation]]''' of certain banknotes, causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that followed and significant disruption throughout the economy. |
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* [[960]] – [[Arab–Byzantine wars]]: Having been the target of many raids by the [[Emirate of Aleppo]], Byzantine forces led by [[Leo Phokas the Younger]] '''[[Battle of Andrassos|ambushed]]''' the [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanids]] and annihilated their army. |
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* [[1278]] – '''[[Trần Thánh Tông]]''', the second emperor of Vietnam's [[Trần dynasty]], took up the title of retired emperor, but continued to co-rule with his son [[Trần Nhân Tông|Nhân Tông]]<!-- ''(pictured)''--> for eleven more years. |
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* [[1291]] – A law was passed that confined most of '''[[Venetian glass|Venice's glassmaking industry]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''--> to nearby [[Murano]]. |
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* [[1520]] – Following a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under [[Christian II of Denmark|Christian II]], scores of Swedish leaders in Stockholm '''[[Stockholm Bloodbath|were imprisoned and later executed]]'''<!-- ''(depicted)''--> despite Christian's promise of general [[amnesty]]. |
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* [[1940]] – The [[Greco-Italian War|Italian invasion of Greece]] failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the '''[[Battle of Elaia–Kalamas]]'''. |
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* [[1957]] – En route from San Francisco to Honolulu, '''[[Pan Am Flight 7|Pan Am Flight 7]]''' crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to unknown causes, killing all 44 people on board. |
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* [[1965]] – [[Vietnam War]]: In the '''[[Battle of Gang Toi]]''', one of the earliest battles between the two sides, [[Viet Cong]] forces repelled an Australian attack. |
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* [[1971]] – English rock group [[Led Zeppelin]] released '''[[Led Zeppelin IV|their fourth album]]''', which became one of the [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums]] worldwide. |
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* [[1987]] – A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb '''[[Remembrance Day bombing|exploded]]''' during a [[Remembrance Sunday]] ceremony<!-- honouring Britain's war dead--> in [[Enniskillen]], Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others. |
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* [[2013]] – '''[[Typhoon Haiyan]]''' made landfall in the [[Visayas]] region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest [[Typhoons in the Philippines|Philippine typhoon]] recorded in modern history. |
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* [[2020]] – [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed [[Republic of Artsakh]] in the '''[[Battle of Shusha (2020)|Battle of Shusha]]''', reclaiming [[Shusha|the town]] after 28 years. |
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* Born/died: | '''[[Lettice Knollys]]'''<!--English noblewoman--> |b|1543| '''[[Nyaungyan Min]]'''<!--Burmese king--> |b|1555| '''[[Robert Catesby]]''' and '''[[Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot)|Thomas Percy]]'''<!--English conspirators--> |d|1605| '''[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz]]'''<!--German military leader--> |d|1773| '''[[James A. Doonan]]'''<!--American priest--> |b|1841| '''[[J. Havens Richards]]'''<!--American educator--> |b|1851| '''[[John Mercer Johnson]]'''<!--Canadian politician--> |d|1868| '''[[Dorothea Bate]]'''<!--Welsh palaeontologist--> |b|1878| '''[[Arnold Bax]]'''<!--English composer--> |b|1883| '''[[Stylianos Pattakos]]'''<!--Greek military officer--> |b|1912| '''[[Kamal Ranadive]]'''<!--Indian scientist--> |b|1917| '''[[Des Corcoran]]''' <!-- Premier of South Australia --> |b|1928| '''[[Subroto Mukerjee]]'''<!--Indian military officer--> |d|1960 | '''[[Dorothy Kilgallen]]'''<!--American journalist--> |d|1965| '''[[Chika Kuroda]]'''<!--Japanese chemist, female--> |d|1968| '''[[Tom Anderson]]'''<!--American entrepreneur--> |b|1970 |
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'''[[November 8]]''': '''[[Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki|St. Demetrius' Day]]''' in [[Republika Srpska]] |
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* The [[Emu War]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 2|November 2]], so try to avoid it appearing in the same year. |
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{{*mp}} [[1520]] – Following a successful invasion of [[Sweden]] by [[Denmark|Danish]] forces under [[Christian II of Denmark]], scores of [[Swedish people|Swedish]] <!--[[nobility|nobles]] and members of the [[clergy]]-->leaders '''[[Stockholm Bloodbath|were executed]]''' in [[Stockholm]] despite Christian's promise of general [[amnesty]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1576]] – The provinces of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] signed the '''[[Pacification of Ghent]]''', a peace treaty with the rebelling provinces [[Holland]] and [[Zeeland]], and also an agreement to form an alliance to drive the occupying [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] out of the country. |
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{{*mp}} [[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[USS San Jacinto (1850)|USS ''San Jacinto'']] stopped the [[United Kingdom|British]] mailship [[RMS Trent|''Trent'']] and arrested two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys ''([[James Murray Mason]] pictured)'' en route to Europe, sparking '''[[Trent Affair|a major diplomatic crisis]]''' between Great Britain and the [[United States]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1965]] – Journalist '''[[Dorothy Kilgallen]]''' was found dead in her [[New York City]] townhouse, in what was rumored to be a murder due to the information she had regarding controversial stories such as the [[John F. Kennedy assassination]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1987]] – A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb '''[[Remembrance Day bombing|exploded]]''' during a [[Remembrance Sunday]] ceremony <!--honouring [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s war dead--> in [[Enniskillen]], [[Northern Ireland]], killing at least eleven people and injuring sixty-three others. |
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* [[1644]] – The '''[[Shunzhi Emperor]]''' ''(portrait shown)'', the third emperor of the [[Qing dynasty]], was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the [[Ming dynasty]] as the first Qing emperor to rule over China. |
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* [[1932]] – The [[Australian Defence Force|Australian military]] withdrew from their "'''[[Emu War|war against emus]]'''" in [[Western Australia]], due to negative press coverage of the operation. |
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* [[1966]] – Former [[Massachusetts]] attorney general '''[[Edward Brooke]]''' became the first [[African Americans|African American]] elected to the [[United States Senate]] since [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]]. |
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* [[1974]] – British peer '''[[John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan|Lord Lucan]]''' disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny. |
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* [[2006]] – Israeli artillery '''[[2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun|shelled a row of houses]]''' in the [[Gaza Strip]] town of [[Beit Hanoun]], killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40 others. |
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{{Born and died list| '''[[Thomas Bewick]]'''<!--English engraver--> |d|1828| '''[[Hermann Rorschach]]'''<!--Swiss psychiatrist--> |b|1884| '''[[Rhea Seddon]]'''<!--American astronaut--> |b|1947| '''[[Johannes Latuharhary]]''' <!--Indonesian politician--> |d|1959| }} |
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St. Demetrius' Day (Coptic Church and Serbian Orthodox Church); | refimprove section |
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1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés entered Tenochtitlan where Aztec tlatoani Moctezuma II welcomed him with great pomp as would befit a returning god. | unreferenced section |
1576 – The provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands signed the Pacification of Ghent, to make peace with the rebelling provinces Holland and Zeeland, and also to form an alliance to drive the occupying Spanish out of the country. | refimprove section |
1602 – The Bodleian Library, one of Europe's oldest libraries, opened at the University of Oxford. | refimprove section |
1620 – Thirty Years' War: An army of 15,000 Bohemians and mercenaries were routed by 27,000 men of the combined armies of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Catholic League at the Battle of White Mountain near Prague. | refimprove section |
1837 – In South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S., Mary Lyon founded a seminary for women that became Mount Holyoke College, the first of the Seven Sisters group of colleges. | refimprove section |
1861 – American Civil War: USS San Jacinto stopped RMS Trent (depicted) and arrested two Confederate envoys en route to Europe, sparking a major diplomatic crisis between the United Kingdom and the United States. | Too many quotes |
1892 – Despite racial divisions, black and white union members united in a general strike in New Orleans. | lots of CN tags (8) |
1895 – German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known today as X-ray. | refimprove section |
1923 – Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and other members of the Kampfbund started the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to seize power in Weimar Germany. | refimprove/unreferenced sections |
1939 – Georg Elser unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a time bomb, but killed eight people and injured sixty-two others instead. | primary sources, page numbers needed |
1942 – The North African Campaign of the Second World War: Operation Torch began when American and British forces invaded French North Africa. | multiple issues |
1965 – The United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. | refimprove section |
1965 – The United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. | refimprove section |
1972 – HBO, the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service in the United States, began broadcasting to 325 subscribers. | Too much uncited |
2016 – The Government of India announced the demonetisation of certain banknotes, causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that followed and significant disruption throughout the economy. | Update needed banner |
Sancha of León |d|1067 | date of death uncertain |
Baeda Maryam I |d|1478| | Deathdate uncited |
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- 960 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Having been the target of many raids by the Emirate of Aleppo, Byzantine forces led by Leo Phokas the Younger ambushed the Hamdanids and annihilated their army.
- 1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of Vietnam's Trần dynasty, took up the title of retired emperor, but continued to co-rule with his son Nhân Tông for eleven more years.
- 1291 – A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano.
- 1520 – Following a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under Christian II, scores of Swedish leaders in Stockholm were imprisoned and later executed despite Christian's promise of general amnesty.
- 1940 – The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
- 1957 – En route from San Francisco to Honolulu, Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to unknown causes, killing all 44 people on board.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack.
- 1971 – English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
- 1987 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.
- 2013 – Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon recorded in modern history.
- 2020 – Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years.
- Born/died: | Lettice Knollys |b|1543| Nyaungyan Min |b|1555| Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy |d|1605| Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz |d|1773| James A. Doonan |b|1841| J. Havens Richards |b|1851| John Mercer Johnson |d|1868| Dorothea Bate |b|1878| Arnold Bax |b|1883| Stylianos Pattakos |b|1912| Kamal Ranadive |b|1917| Des Corcoran |b|1928| Subroto Mukerjee |d|1960 | Dorothy Kilgallen |d|1965| Chika Kuroda |d|1968| Tom Anderson |b|1970
Notes
- Gunpowder plot appears on November 5, so Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy should not appear in the same year
- The Emu War appears on November 2, so try to avoid it appearing in the same year.
November 8: Intersex Day of Remembrance
- 1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
- 1932 – The Australian military withdrew from their "war against emus" in Western Australia, due to negative press coverage of the operation.
- 1966 – Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
- 1974 – British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny.
- 2006 – Israeli artillery shelled a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40 others.
- Thomas Bewick (d. 1828)
- Hermann Rorschach (b. 1884)
- Rhea Seddon (b. 1947)
- Johannes Latuharhary (d. 1959)