Editing November 28 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[587]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Andelot]]: King [[Guntram]] of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] recognizes [[Childebert II]] as his heir.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moreira|first=Isabel|title=Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|publisher=Cornell University Press|date=2000|isbn=9780801436611|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4DQDwAAQBAJ|page=98|postscript=none}}' {{cite book|last=Heinzelmann|first=Martin|title=Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2001|isbn=9780521631747|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fDj5mcAXgkC|page=66}}</ref>
* [[936]] &ndash; [[Shi Jingtang]] is enthroned as the first emperor of the [[Later Jin (Five Dynasties)|Later Jin]] by [[Emperor Taizong of Liao]], following a revolt against [[Li Congke|Emperor Fei]] of [[Later Tang]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ouyang|first=Xiu|title=Historical Records of the Five Dynasties|translator-last=Davis|translator-first=Richard L.|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2008|isbn=9780231128278|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0QpslzUi50C|pages=74–75}}</ref>
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Skanderbeg]] and his forces liberate [[Kruja]] in central [[Albania]] and raise the [[Flag of Albania|Albanian flag]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Calic|first=Marie-Janine|title=The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=2020|isbn=9780674983922|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-OVDwAAQBAJ|page=59}}</ref>
*[[1470]] &ndash; [[Cham–Vietnamese War (1471)|Champa–Đại Việt War]]: Emperor [[Lê Thánh Tông]] of [[Đại Việt]] formally launches his attack against [[Champa]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Laichen|first=Sun|chapter=Chinese Gunpowder Technology and Ɖại Việt, ca. 1390–1497|title=Việt Nam: Borderless Histories|editor-last1=Tran|editor-first1=Nhung Tuyet|editor-last2=Reid|editor-first2=Anthony|location=Madison, Wisc.|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|date=2006|isbn=9780299217709|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1520]] &ndash; After 38 days, an expedition under the command of [[Ferdinand Magellan]] completes the first passage through the [[Strait of Magellan]] and enters the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grimbly|first=Shona|title=Atlas of Exploration|location=London|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn|date=2001|isbn=9781579583118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpEuAgAAQBAJ|page=38}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; In [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife)|Anne Hathaway]] pay a {{GBP|40|1582|long=no}} bond in lieu of posting [[wedding banns]], which enables them to marry immediately.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wells|first=Stanley|chapter=Hathaway, Anne (?1555-1623)|title=The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare|editor-last1=Dobson|editor-first1=Michael|editor-last2=Wells|editor-first2=Stanley|location=Oxford, U.K.|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2005|isbn=9780192806147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nQYCgAAQBAJ|page=160}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1627]] &ndash; The [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy]] has its greatest and last naval victory in the [[Battle of Oliwa]].
*[[1660]] &ndash; At [[Gresham College]], twelve men, including [[Christopher Wren]], [[Robert Boyle]], [[John Wilkins]], and Sir [[Robert Moray]] decide to found what is later known as the [[Royal Society]].
*[[1666]] &ndash; At least 3,000 men of the [[Royal Scots Army]] led by [[Tam Dalyell of the Binns]] defeat about 900 [[Covenanter]] insurgents led by [[James Wallace of Auchens]] in the [[Battle of Rullion Green]].
*[[1785]] &ndash; The first [[Treaty of Hopewell]] is signed, by which the United States acknowledges [[Cherokee]] lands in what is now [[East Tennessee]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when [[John Leamy (merchant)|John Leamy]]'s frigate ''John'' arrives in [[Montevideo]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chandler|first=Charles L.|date=June 1953|title=Catholic Merchants of Early Philadelphia|journal=Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia|volume=64|issue=2|pages=94–103|jstor=44210305}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73]], premieres at the [[Gewandhaus]] in [[Leipzig]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; ''[[The Times]]'' of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered [[printing press]], built by the German team of [[Koenig & Bauer]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Public holidays in Panama|Panama Independence Day]]: Panama separates from Spain and joins [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Hawaii#Anglo-Franco Proclamation|Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day)]]: The [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America]] accept a rival state government's [[Missouri secession|pronouncement]] that declares [[Missouri in the American Civil War|Missouri]] to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: In the [[Battle of Cane Hill]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops under General [[James G. Blunt]] defeat General [[John Marmaduke]]'s Confederates.
*  1862   &ndash; [[Notts County F.C.]] is founded in [[Nottingham]], England, making it the oldest professional [[Association football]] club in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballhistory.org/club/notts-county.html | title=Notts County FC history and facts }}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Bulgarian victory in the [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]] preserves the [[Unification of Bulgaria]].
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Women's suffrage in New Zealand]] concludes with the [[1893 New Zealand general election]].
*[[1895]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Times-Herald race|first American automobile race]] takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's [[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]] to [[Evanston, Illinois]]. [[Frank Duryea]] wins in approximately 10 hours.
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Second Boer War]]: A British column is engaged by [[Boer]] forces at the [[Battle of Modder River]]; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; Irish nationalist [[Arthur Griffith]] founds [[History of Sinn Féin|Sinn Féin]] as a [[political party]] with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
*[[1908]] &ndash; A mine explosion in [[Marianna, Pennsylvania]], kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor. 
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Albania]] [[Albanian Declaration of Independence|declares its independence]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Following a war-induced closure in [[July]], the [[New York Stock Exchange]] re-opens for [[Bond (finance)|bond]] trading.
*[[1917]] &ndash; The [[Estonian Provincial Assembly]] declares itself the sovereign power of [[Estonia]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Soviet westward offensive of 1918–19|Soviet Forces move against Estonia]] when the [[6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|6th Red Rifle Division]] strikes the border town of [[Narva]], marking the beginning of the [[Estonian War of Independence]].<ref>Karl Kimmel VR II/3, [http://kultuur.elu.ee/ke487_kimmel.htm "Koolipoisist kuperjanovlaseks"], Kultuur ja Elu. (in Estonian)</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor|Lady Astor]] is elected as a Member of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. She is the first woman to sit in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. ([[Constance Markievicz|Countess Markievicz]], the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[FIDAC|FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations)]], the first international organization of war veterans is established in [[Paris]], [[France]].
*  1920   &ndash; [[Irish War of Independence]]: [[Kilmichael Ambush]]: The [[Irish Republican Army]] ambush a convoy of British [[Auxiliary Division|Auxiliaries]] and kill seventeen.
*[[1925]] &ndash; The [[Grand Ole Opry]] begins broadcasting in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], as the ''WSM Barn Dance''.
*[[1942]] &ndash; In [[Boston, Massachusetts]], a fire in the [[Cocoanut Grove fire|Cocoanut Grove]] nightclub kills 492 people.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Tehran Conference]]: U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] and Soviet [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Premier]] [[Joseph Stalin]] meet in [[Tehran, Iran]], to discuss war strategy.
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Chad]], the [[Republic of the Congo]], and [[Gabon]] become autonomous republics within the [[French colonial empire|French Community]].
*  1958   &ndash; First successful flight of [[SM-65 Atlas]]; the first operational [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM), developed by the [[United States]] and the first member of the [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas rocket family]].<ref>[[SM-65 Atlas]][https://www.nytimes.com/1958/11/29/archives/first-us-firing-of-icbm-at-full-range-is-reported-atlas-launched.html][http://themilitarystandard.com/missile/atlas/versions.php]</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Mauritania]] becomes independent of France.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Mariner program]]: [[NASA]] launches the [[Mariner 4]] probe toward [[Mars]].
*  1964   &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] members agree to recommend that U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in [[North Vietnam]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in [[Vietnam]], Philippine President-elect [[Ferdinand Marcos]] announces he will send troops to help fight in [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Michel Micombero]] overthrows the monarchy of [[Burundi]] and makes himself the [[List of presidents of Burundi|first president]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; The first [[pulsar]] ([[PSR B1919+21]], in the constellation of [[Vulpecula]]) is discovered by two astronomers [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] and [[Antony Hewish]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; Fred Quilt, a leader of the [[Tsilhqot'in]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] [[Fred Quilt inquiry|suffers severe abdominal injuries]] allegedly caused by [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] officers; he dies two days later.
*  1971   &ndash; [[Wasfi al-Tal]], [[Prime Minister of Jordan]], is assassinated by the [[Black September Organization|Black September]] unit of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; Last executions in Paris: [[Claude Buffet]] and Roger Bontems are guillotined at [[La Santé Prison]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[East Timor]] declares its independence from Portugal.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mount Erebus disaster|Air New Zealand Flight 901]], a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|DC-10]] sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into [[Mount Erebus]], killing all 257 people on board.
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Iran–Iraq War]]: [[Operation Morvarid]]: The bulk of the [[Iraqi Navy]] is destroyed by the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy|Iranian Navy]] in the [[Persian Gulf]]. (Commemorated in Iran as [[Navy Day#Iran|Navy Day]].)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-9]], the first mission to carry the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[Spacelab]] module.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-9 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-9.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[South African Airways Flight 295]] crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Velvet Revolution]]: In the face of protests, the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] announces it will give up its [[monopoly]] on political power.
*[[1990]] &ndash; British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] resigns as leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by [[John Major]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[South Ossetia]] declares independence from [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; Suicide bombers [[2002 Mombasa attacks|blow up]] an Israeli-owned hotel in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down [[Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582]] with surface-to-air missiles.
*[[2014]] &ndash; Gunmen [[2014 Kano attack|set off three bombs]] at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of [[Kano (city)|Kano]] killing at least 120 people.
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[LaMia Flight 2933]] crashes near [[Medellin]], [[Colombia]], killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club [[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-30 |title=Chapecoense plane crash: The victims, the survivors and those left behind |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38155840 |access-date=2024-01-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the [[Ethiopian National Defense Force]] and [[Eritrean Army]] in [[Aksum massacre|Aksum, Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a massacre in the sacred city of Aksum unfolded |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56198469 |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=BBC News |date=26 February 2021}}</ref>