November in history
4,016 events, birthdays and special days across every day of November. Each day shows its top three stories — open a day to see them all.
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Week 1
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Week 2
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Mon
2
Nov
- UK: 2008 Lewis Hamilton wins the Formula One title by just one point
- UK: 1917 Britain issues the Balfour Declaration about Palestine
- UK: 1899 The Siege of Ladysmith begins in South Africa
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Tue
3
Nov
- UK: 1534 Henry VIII becomes Supreme Head of the Church of England
- UK: 1898 The Fashoda Incident ends as French forces withdraw
- UK: 1492 Henry VII and Charles VIII of France make the Peace of Étaples
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Wed
4
Nov
- UK: 1922 Howard Carter's team discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun
- UK: 1890 The world's first deep-level ‘tube’ railway opens in London
- UK: 1501 Catherine of Aragon meets Arthur, Prince of Wales
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Thu
5
Nov
- UK: 1854 British and French armies win the Battle of Inkerman
- UK: 1605 Guy Fawkes is caught and the Gunpowder Plot fails
- UK: 1688 William of Orange lands at Brixham to challenge King James II
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Fri
6
Nov
- UK: 1217 Henry III issues the Charter of the Forest
- UK: 1794 French warships capture HMS Alexander in the Celtic Sea
- UK: 1856 George Eliot sends off her first story for publication
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Sat
7
Nov
- UK: 1728 Born: James Cook
- UK: 1956 The United Nations calls for troops to leave Egypt in the Suez Crisis
- UK: 1665 The London Gazette is published for the first time
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Sun
8
Nov
- UK: 1971 Led Zeppelin releases its famous fourth album
- UK: 1861 The Trent Affair brings Britain and the USA close to war
- UK: 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie leads a Jacobite army into England
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Mon
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Nov
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Week 3
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Mon
9
Nov
- UK: 1688 William of Orange captures Exeter in the Glorious Revolution
- UK: 1841 Born: Edward VII
- UK: 1901 Prince George is made Prince of Wales
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Tue
10
Nov
- UK: 1871 Henry Morton Stanley finds the explorer David Livingstone
- UK: 2020 The last land mine is cleared from the Falkland Islands
- UK: 1674 The Dutch hand the colony of New Netherland to England
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Wed
11
Nov
- UK: 1918 The Armistice ends the fighting of the First World War
- UK: 1940 The Royal Navy makes the first all-aircraft attack on a fleet
- UK: 1920 The Cenotaph is unveiled and the Unknown Warrior is laid to rest
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Thu
12
Nov
- UK: 1990 Tim Berners-Lee publishes his plan for the World Wide Web
- UK: 1973 The first series of Last of the Summer Wine begins on the BBC
- UK: 1439 Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by Parliament
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Fri
13
Nov
- UK: 1945 Dynamo Moscow and Chelsea draw 3–3 in front of a record crowd
- UK: 1642 Parliament's army blocks King Charles I at Turnham Green
- UK: 1850 Born: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Sat
14
Nov
- UK: 1948 Born: King Charles III
- UK: 1973 Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips
- UK: 1952 The first UK Singles Chart is published
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Sun
15
Nov
- UK: AD 655 King Oswiu of Northumbria wins the Battle of the Winwaed
- UK: 2020 Lewis Hamilton wins his record-equalling seventh world title
- UK: 1738 Born: William Herschel
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Mon
9
Nov
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Week 4
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Mon
16
Nov
- UK: 1992 A metal detectorist finds the Hoxne Hoard of Roman treasure
- UK: 1855 David Livingstone sees the mighty Victoria Falls
- UK: 1272 Edward I becomes King of England while far from home
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Tue
17
Nov
- UK: 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
- UK: 1292 John Balliol is chosen to be King of Scots
- UK: 1968 BEA starts flying passengers in the BAC One-Eleven jet
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Wed
18
Nov
- UK: 1916 The Battle of the Somme comes to an end
- UK: 1910 Suffragettes march on Parliament on 'Black Friday'
- UK: 1897 Born: Patrick Blackett
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Thu
19
Nov
- UK: 1620 The Mayflower's Pilgrims catch sight of Cape Cod
- UK: 1600 Born: Charles I
- UK: 1964 Born: Nicholas Patrick
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Fri
20
Nov
- UK: 1947 Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten
- UK: 1917 British tanks lead an attack at the Battle of Cambrai
- UK: 1815 The Second Treaty of Paris is signed after Waterloo
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Sat
21
Nov
- UK: 1953 Scientists reveal that Piltdown Man was a fake
- UK: 1918 Women win the right to be elected to Parliament
- UK: 1924 Born: Christopher Tolkien
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Sun
22
Nov
- UK: 1968 The Beatles release the White Album
- UK: 1990 Margaret Thatcher's time as Prime Minister comes to an end
- UK: 1819 Born: George Eliot
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Mon
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Nov
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Week 5
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Mon
23
Nov
- UK: 1644 John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a defence of free speech
- UK: 1963 The first episode of Doctor Who is shown on BBC television
- UK: 1887 Born: Boris Karloff
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Tue
24
Nov
- UK: 1859 Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published
- UK: 1542 England defeats a Scottish army at the Battle of Solway Moss
- UK: 1877 Anna Sewell's novel Black Beauty is published
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Wed
25
Nov
- UK: 1952 Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens in London
- UK: 1034 Duncan becomes King of Scots after the death of Malcolm II
- UK: 1940 The de Havilland Mosquito aircraft makes its first flight
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Thu
26
Nov
- UK: 1998 Tony Blair is first UK prime minister to address the Irish parliament
- UK: 1977 A mystery voice takes over a TV broadcast in southern England
- UK: 2003 Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol
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Fri
27
Nov
- UK: 1703 The Great Storm of 1703 sweeps away the first Eddystone Lighthouse
- UK: 1857 Born: Charles Scott Sherrington
- 1895 Alfred Nobel signs the will that creates the Nobel Prizes
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Sat
28
Nov
- UK: 1660 The Royal Society, the world's oldest science academy, is founded
- UK: 1582 William Shakespeare is allowed to marry Anne Hathaway
- UK: 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell spots the signal of the first known pulsar
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Sun
29
Nov
- UK: 1898 Born: C. S. Lewis
- UK: 1963 The Beatles release 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' in the UK
- UK: 1849 Born: John Ambrose Fleming
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Mon
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Nov
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Week 6
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