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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[528]] – Antioch suffers its [[528 Antioch earthquake|second major earthquake]] in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.<ref name="ngdc1">{{cite web |title=Significant Earthquake Information |date=1972 |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/134 |publisher=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |access-date=13 August 2024 |author1=National Geophysical Data Center }}</ref> * [[561]] – Following the death of King [[Chlothar I]] at [[Compiègne]], his four sons, [[Charibert I]], [[Guntram]], [[Sigebert I]] and [[Chilperic I]], divide the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].<ref name=chlothar>{{cite book|first1=Odette |last1=Pontal|title=Die Synoden im Merowingerreich|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P6QtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127|year=1986|publisher=Schöningh|isbn=9783506746849|pages=127|language=de}}</ref> * [[618]] – The [[Tang dynasty]] scores a decisive victory over their rival [[Xue Rengao]] at the [[Battle of Qianshuiyuan]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tW_eEVbVxpEC&pg=PA830|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33539-6|pages=830}}</ref> * [[903]] – The [[Abbasid]] army under [[Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib]] defeats the [[Qarmatians]] at the [[Battle of Hama]].<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari | volume = 38 | url={{Google books|k241retEBE0C|plainurl=y}} |page=134 }}</ref> *[[1114]] – [[1114 Marash earthquake|A large earthquake]] damages the areas of the Crusaders in the [[Middle East]]. [[Antioch]], [[Mopsuestia|Mamistra]], [[Kahramanmaraş|Marash]] and [[Edessa]] are hit by the shocks.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Steven Runciman |first1=Steven |last1=Runciman |date=1952 |title=A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem |page=105 |publisher=Penguin Books, Limited |isbn=9780241298763}}</ref> *[[1549]] – The [[Papal conclave, 1549–50|papal conclave of 1549–50]] begins.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baumgartner |first1=Frederic J. |title=Henry II and the Papal Conclave of 1549 |journal=The Sixteenth Century Journal |date=1985 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=301–314 |doi=10.2307/2540219|jstor=2540219 |s2cid=164753681 }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – The [[Battle of Swally]] takes place, which loosens the [[Portuguese Empire]]'s hold on India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khurana |first1=Ashleshaa |title=Suvali: The birthplace of Indian Navy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/suvali-the-birthplace-of-indian-navy/articleshow/49868210.cms |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=21 November 2015}}</ref> *[[1729]] – [[Natchez people|Natchez Indians]] [[Natchez revolt|massacre]] 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at [[Fort Rosalie]], near the site of modern-day [[Natchez, Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=de Montigny |first1=Dumont |title=The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747 |date=2012 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |isbn=9780807837221 |page=49}}</ref> *[[1732]] – The magnitude 6.6 [[1732 Irpinia earthquake|Irpinia earthquake]] causes {{formatnum:1940}} deaths in the former [[Kingdom of Naples]], southern [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1259|title=Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year=1972 |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K}}</ref> *[[1776]] – During the [[American Revolutionary War]], the [[Battle of Fort Cumberland]], [[Nova Scotia]], comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Purcell |first1=L. Edward |title=Encyclopedia of battles in North America, 1517 to 1916 |date=2000 |publisher=Facts On File |isbn=9780816033508 |pages=96–97}}</ref> *[[1777]] – [[San Jose, California]], is founded as ''Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe'' by [[José Joaquín Moraga]]. It is the first civilian settlement, or ''pueblo'', in [[Alta California]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arbuckle |first1=Clyde |title=Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose |date=1986 |publisher=Memorabilia of San Jose |page=10}}</ref> *[[1781]] – The crew of the British slave ship ''Zong'' murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim [[insurance]], beginning the [[Zong massacre]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lewis |first1=Andrew |title=Martin Dockray and the Zong: a Tribute in the Form of a Chronology |journal=The Journal of Legal History |date=December 2007 |volume=28 |issue=3 |page=364 |doi=10.1080/01440360701698551|s2cid=144811837 }}</ref> *[[1783]] – A [[1783 New Jersey earthquake|5.3 magnitude earthquake]] strikes [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stover|first1=C. W. |last2=Coffman |first2=J. L. |date=1993 |title=Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised) |series=U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527 |url=http://dggs.alaska.gov/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p1527.pdf |page=306 |access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1807]] – [[John VI of Portugal]] flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the [[Peninsular War]], [[Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil|transferring]] the Portuguese court to Brazil.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilcken |first1=Patrick |title=Império à Deriva: a corte portuguesa no Rio de Janeiro (1808-1821) |date=2005 |publisher=Civilização editora |isbn=9789722622523 |page=18 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> *[[1830]] – An [[November Uprising|armed rebellion]] against Russia's rule in [[Congress Poland|Poland]] begins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wandycz |first1=Piotr S. |title=The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 |date=1974 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=9780295953519 |pages=106–107}}</ref> *[[1847]] – The [[Sonderbund]] is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General [[Guillaume-Henri Dufour]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Ward |editor1-first=Adolphus William |editor2-last=Prothero |editor2-first=George Walter |editor3-last=Leathes |editor3-first=Stanley Mordaunt |title=The Cambridge Modern History |date=1909 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=251 |volume=11}}</ref> * 1847 – Missionaries Dr. [[Marcus Whitman]], his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are [[Whitman massacre|killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians]], causing the [[Cayuse War]].<ref name=whitman /> *[[1850]] – The treaty, [[Punctation of Olmütz]], is signed in [[Olomouc]]. [[Prussia]] capitulates to [[Austrian Empire|Austria]], which will take over the leadership of the [[German Confederation]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alan John Percivale |title=The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of Germany since 1815 |date=1945 |publisher=Hamish Hamilton |page=92}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under General [[Ambrose Burnside]] successfully defend [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] from an attack by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[James Longstreet]] in the [[Battle of Fort Sanders]] during the [[Siege of Knoxville]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Korn |first1=Jerry |title=The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge |date=1985 |publisher=Time-Life Books |isbn=0809448165 |pages=112–114}}</ref> *[[1864]] – [[Colorado War]]: [[Colorado]] volunteers led by Colonel [[John Chivington]] [[Sand Creek massacre|massacre]] at least 150 [[Cheyenne]] and [[Arapaho]] noncombatants inside [[Colorado Territory]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoig |first1=Stan |title=The Sand Creek Massacre |date=1961 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |pages=178, 182, 186}}</ref> * 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate [[Army of Tennessee]] misses an opportunity to crush the Union [[Army of the Ohio]] in the [[Battle of Spring Hill]] during the [[Franklin–Nashville campaign]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Connelly |first1=Thomas Lawrence |title=Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865 |date=2001 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |isbn=0807127388 |pages=491–497}}</ref> *[[1872]] – The [[Modoc War]] begins with the [[Battle of Lost River]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=Cheewa |title=Modoc: The Tribe that wouldn't die |date=2008 |publisher=Naturegraph |isbn=9780879612757 |pages=54–57}}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Thomas Edison]] demonstrates his [[phonograph]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Edison and His Phonograph – New Jersey, 29 November 1877 |url=https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2012/11/29/thomas-edison-and-his-phonograph-new-jersey-29-november-1877/ |website=The British Newspaper Archive |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1890]] – The [[Meiji Constitution]] goes into effect in Japan, and the first [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] convenes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Akita |first1=George |title=The Meiji Constitution in Practice: The First Diet |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |date=November 1962 |volume=22 |issue=1 |page=33 |doi=10.2307/2049907|jstor=2049907 |s2cid=159678058 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[FC Barcelona]] is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burns |first1=Jimmy |title=Barça: A People's Passion |date=2000 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9780747545545 |pages=76–77}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1922]] – The [[Revolutionary committee (Soviet)|Armenian Revolutionary Committee]] declares [[Armenia]] to be a [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet Socialist Republic]], starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sovietization of Armenia |date=26 August 2015 |url=https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1921-2/transcaucasia/transcaucasia-texts/sovietization-of-armenia/}}</ref> *[[1929]] – U.S. Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] leads the first expedition to fly over the [[South Pole]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rodgers |first1=Eugene |title=Beyond the Barrier: The Story of Byrd's First Expedition to Antarctica |date=1990 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=087021022X |page=186}}</ref> *[[1943]] – The second session of the [[Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in [[Jajce]] (present-day [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vucinich |first1=Wayne S. |title=Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment |date=2021 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520331105 |page=251}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Albania]] is [[Liberation Day (Albania)|liberated by the Partisans]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Manelli |first=Gani |date=2006 |title=Partisan politics in World War II Albania: the struggle for power, 1939-1944 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A153898902/AONE?u=anon~da60c5c9&sid=googleScholar&xid=00b22430 |magazine=East European Quarterly |issn=0012-8449 |publisher=University of Colorado at Boulder |volume=40 |issue=3 |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1945]] – The [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia]] is declared.<ref name="yugo">{{cite web |title=29 November, Yugoslavia: Day of the Republic |url=https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/red-letter/rld-month/2008/november.html |website=www.hf.uio.no |publisher=Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1947]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] approve the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine|United Nations Partition Plan]] for [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]].<ref>{{cite wikisource |title=U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 |wslink=United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 |date=29 November 1947 |publisher=}}</ref> * 1947 – French forces carry out [[Mỹ Trạch massacre|a massacre]] at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the [[First Indochina War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/vu-tham-sat-my-trach-noi-dau-nhuc-nhoi-suot-66-nam-1371824236.htm|title=Vụ thảm sát Mỹ Trạch - Nỗi đau nhức nhối suốt 66 năm|date=28 November 2013|website=Dan Tri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330210225/https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/vu-tham-sat-my-trach-noi-dau-nhuc-nhoi-suot-66-nam-1371824236.htm|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|language=vi |first1=Đăng |last1=Đức}}</ref> *[[1952]] – U.S. President-elect [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ambrose |first1=Stephen |title=Eisenhower: The President (1952–1969) |date=1984 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |page=30 |volume=2}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Enos (chimpanzee)|Enos]], a chimpanzee, is [[Mercury-Atlas 5|launched into space]]. The [[spacecraft]] orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swenson |first1=Loyd S. Jr. |last2=Grimwood |first2=James M. |last3=Alexander |first3=Charles C. |title=This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury |date=1998 |publisher=NASA |pages=402–407 |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch12-7.htm |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1963]] – U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] establishes the [[Warren Commission]] to investigate the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite wikisource |title=Executive Order 11130 |wslink=Executive Order 11130 |last=Johnson |first=Lyndon B. |authorlink=Lyndon Baines Johnson |date=29 November 1963 }}</ref> * 1963 – [[Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831]] crashes shortly after takeoff from [[Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montreal-Dorval International Airport]], killing all 118 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wyatt |first1=Nelson |title=Anniversary of 1963 Quebec plane crash helps bring some closure for victims' relatives |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/29/anniversary_of_1963_quebec_plane_crash_helps_bring_some_closure_for_victims_relatives.html |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=The Toronto Star |agency=The Canadian Press |date=29 November 2013}}</ref> * 1963 – "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the [[Beatles]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewisohn |first1=Mark |title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle |date=1996 |publisher=Barnes & Noble Books |isbn=9780760703274 |page=350}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert McNamara]] announces his resignation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Logevall |first1=Fredrik |title=Rethinking 'McNamara's War' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/opinion/rethinking-mcnamaras-war.html |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=28 November 2017}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Atari, Inc.|Atari]] releases ''[[Pong]]'', the first commercially successful [[video game]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20061129-pong-video-games-nolan-bushnell-atari-al-alcorn-nintendo.shtml |title=The Mother of All Video Games |magazine=[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]] |first=David |last=Rapp |date=29 November 2006 |access-date=25 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517011435/http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20061129-pong-video-games-nolan-bushnell-atari-al-alcorn-nintendo.shtml |archive-date=17 May 2008 }}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'', the best-selling [[Album|music album]] of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=2009-07-03 |title=Exclusive: How Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Changed The Music Business |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/exclusive-how-michael-jacksons-thriller-changed-the-music-business-268212/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2021 |title=Best-selling album {{!}} Guinness World Records |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/70133-best-selling-album |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref> *[[1986]] – The [[Military of Suriname|Surinamese military]] attacks the village of [[Moiwana]] during the [[Suriname Guerrilla War]], killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suriname: Covering events from January - December 2002 |url=http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Sur-summary-eng |publisher=Amnesty International |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222112842/http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Sur-summary-eng |archive-date=22 February 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1987]] – North Korean agents plant a bomb on [[Korean Air Flight 858]], which kills all 115 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hancocks |first1=Paula |last2=Kwon |first2=Jake |title=Ex-North Korean spy recounts Olympic plot to blow up plane |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/22/asia/north-korea-secret-agent-blew-up-plane-intl/index.html |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=CNN |date=26 January 2018}}</ref> *[[2007]] – The [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]] lay siege to [[the Peninsula Manila]] after soldiers led by Senator [[Antonio Trillanes]] stage a [[Manila Peninsula Mutiny|mutiny]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sturcke |first1=James |last2=MacKinnon |first2=Ian |title=Troops storm Manila hotel to recapture Philippines dissidents |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/29/philippines |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 November 2007}}</ref> *[[2009]] – Maurice Clemmons [[2009 Lakewood shooting|shoots and kills four police officers]] inside a coffee shop in [[Lakewood, Washington]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://special.seattletimes.com/o/flatpages/specialreports/lakewoodslayings.html |title=The slaying of four Lakewood police officers |work=[[Seattle Times]] |date=6 January 2011}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470|LAM Mozambique Airlines 470]] crashes in the [[Bwabwata National Park|Bwabata National Park]] in a [[Suicide by pilot|pilot mass murder-suicide]], killing all 33 people on board.<ref name="DAAI">{{cite web |date=15 April 2016 |title=Civil Aircraft Accident Report - ACCID/112923/1-12 |url=https://mwt.gov.na/documents/576663/1344073/LAM+470+final+2016.pdf |access-date=16 April 2016 |publisher=Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations of Namibia, [[Ministry of Works and Transport (Namibia)|Ministry of Works and Transport]] |id=ACCID/112923/1-12}}</ref>
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