Year 571 Calendar » Servius Tullius, king of Ancient Rome known as Rome, celebrates a Roman triumph or triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
Year 1034 Calendar » Máel Coluim II of Scotland or Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. Donnchad I of Scotland named Donnchad, the son of his daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
Year 1120 Calendar » The 'White Ship' sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
Year 1177 Calendar » Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
Year 1343 Calendar » A tsunami, caused by an Earthquake of 1343 e.g earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Amalfi or Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
Year 1487 Calendar » Elizabeth of York is crowned list of English consorts called Queen of England.
Year 1491 Calendar » The Battle of Granada e.g siege of Granada, the last Moors e.g Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
Year 1667 Calendar » A deadly 1667 Shamakhi earthquake e.g earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
Year 1755 Calendar » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Year 1758 Calendar » French and Indian War: Kingdom of Great Britain called British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) called Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
Year 1759 Calendar » An Near East earthquakes of 1759 known as earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
Year 1783 Calendar » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops Evacuation Day (New York) named leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783) named Treaty of Paris.
Year 1795 Calendar » Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski of Poland Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last List of Polish rulers king of independent Poland, is forced to abdication abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
Year 1826 Calendar » The Greek frigate Hellas called Greek frigate 'Hellas' arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
Year 1833 Calendar » A massive undersea 1833 Sumatra earthquake called earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
Year 1839 Calendar » A Pre-1980 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons November 1839 Coringa cyclone called cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (village) known as Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The
Year 1863 Calendar » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, United States known as Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate States of America named Confederate troops under Gen
Year 1864 Calendar » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
Year 1874 Calendar » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
Year 1905 Calendar » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become Haakon VII of Norway named King Haakon VII of Norway.
Year 1915 Calendar » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of Introduction to general relativity known as general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Year 1917 Calendar » World War I: German forces Battle of Ngomano e.g defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
Year 1918 Calendar » Vojvodina, formerly Austria–Hungary called Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
Year 1926 Calendar » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving day. Twenty-seven twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. T
Year 1936 Calendar » In Berlin, Nazi Germany known as Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on t
Year 1940 Calendar » World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
Year 1941 Calendar » HMS Barham (04) was sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
Year 1947 Calendar » Second Red Scare known as Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Year 1947 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster 1931 e.g Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
Year 1950 Calendar » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City.
Year 1952 Calendar » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends as American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle (Korea) known as Iron Triangle".
Year 1958 Calendar » French Sudan gains Autonomous entity or autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
Year 1960 Calendar » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassination known as assassinated.
Year 1970 Calendar » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
Year 1977 Calendar » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military tribunal known as Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad.
Year 1981 Calendar » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Year 1986 Calendar » Iran Contra Affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contras known as Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Year 1986 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
Year 1987 Calendar » Typhoon Nina (1987) called Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale called category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
Year 1992 Calendar » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
Year 1996 Calendar » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
Year 1999 Calendar » The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Year 2000 Calendar » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
Year 2008 Calendar » Cyclone Nisha (2008) known as Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
Year 2009 Calendar » 2009 Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.