Editing 1917 (section)

=== November ===
{{main|November 1917}}
* [[November 1]] &ndash; WWI:
** The British [[XXI Corps (United Kingdom)|XXI Corps]] of the [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] begins the [[Third Battle of Gaza]].
** The British [[Desert Mounted Corps]] begins the [[Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe]], in the direction of [[Hebron]] and [[Jerusalem]].
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Zionism]]: The [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|British Foreign Secretary]] [[Arthur Balfour]] makes the [[Balfour Declaration]], proclaiming British support for the "establishment in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] of a national home for the Jewish people..., it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
* [[November 5]] (N.S.) ([[October 23]], O.S.) &ndash; Estonian and Russian Bolsheviks seize power in [[Tallinn]], [[Autonomous Governorate of Estonia]], two days before the [[October Revolution]] in [[Petrograd]].
* [[November 6]]
** WWI &ndash; [[Second Battle of Passchendaele]]: After 3 months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take [[Passendale|Passchendaele]] in Belgium (the battle concludes on [[November 10]]).
** WWI: The [[Battle of Hareira and Sheria]] is launched by the British [[XX Corps (United Kingdom)|XX Corps]] and [[Desert Mounted Corps]], against the central [[Ottoman Army|Ottoman]] defences protecting the Gaza to Beersheba Road.
** Militants from Trotsky's committee join with trusty Bolshevik soldiers, to seize government buildings and pounce on members of the provisional government.
* [[November 7]]
** (N.S.) ([[October 25]], O.S.) &ndash; [[October Revolution]] in Russia: The workers of the [[St. Petersburg|Petrograd]] [[Workers' council|Soviet]] in Russia, led by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolshevik Party]] and leader [[Vladimir Lenin]], storm the [[Winter Palace]] and successfully destroy the [[Alexander Kerensky|Kerensky]] [[Russian Provisional Government|Provisional Government]] after less than eight months of rule. This immediately triggers the [[Russian Civil War]]. 
** [[History of Iran|Iran]] (which has provided weapons for Russia) refuses to support the [[Allies of World War II|Allied Forces]] after the [[October Revolution]].
** WWI &ndash; [[Third Battle of Gaza]]: The British Army [[XXI Corps (United Kingdom)|XXI Corps]] occupies [[Gaza City|Gaza]], after the [[Ottoman Army|Ottoman]] garrison withdraws.
** WWI: The [[Battle of Hareira and Sheria]] continues, when the [[XX Corps (United Kingdom)|XX Corps]] and [[Desert Mounted Corps]] capture Hareira and Sheria, marking the end of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Gaza to Beersheba line.
** [[Women's suffrage in the United States|Women's Suffrage in the United States]]: Women win the right to vote in New York State.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Suffrage Wins by 100,000 in State; Kings by 32,640|date=November 7, 1917|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=1}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] (N.S.) ([[October 26]], O.S.) &ndash; Following the [[October Revolution]], [[Alexandra Kollontai]] is appointed [[People's Commissar]] for Social Welfare in the [[Council of People's Commissars]] of the [[Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]], the first woman [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] [[Minister (government)|minister]] in Europe.
* [[November 13]] &ndash; WWI: 
** [[Battle of Mughar Ridge]]: The British Imperial [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] attacks retreating Ottoman-German [[Yildirim Army Group]] forces, resulting in the capture of 10,000 [[Ottoman Army|Ottoman]] prisoners, 100 guns and {{convert|50|mi|km}} of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] territory. 
** The [[ANZAC Mounted Division]] ([[Desert Mounted Corps]]) successfully fights the [[Battle of Ayun Kara]], in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Mughar Ridge]] against strong [[German Empire|German]] rearguards. 
* [[November 15]]
** [[Night of Terror (event)|"Night of Terror"]] in the United States: Influential suffragettes from the [[Silent Sentinels]] are deliberately subjected to physical assaults by guards while imprisoned.
** The [[Parliament of Finland]] passes another "Sovereignty Act", dissolving Russian sovereignty over Finland and effectively declaring Finland independent.
** (N.S.) ([[November 2]], O.S.) &ndash; The [[Estonian Provincial Assembly|Provincial Assembly]] of the [[Autonomous Governorate of Estonia]] declares itself the highest legal body in [[Estonia]], in opposition to [[Bolshevik]]s.
* [[November 16]]
** WWI: [[Battle of Ayun Kara]]: The [[ANZAC Mounted Division]] occupies [[Jaffa]].
** [[Georges Clemenceau]] becomes prime minister of France.
* [[November 17]]
** WWI: [[Action of 17 November 1917]]: United States Navy [[destroyer]]s [[USS Fanning (DD-37)|USS ''Fanning'']] and [[USS Nicholson (DD-52)|USS ''Nicholson'']] capture [[Imperial German Navy]] [[U-boat]] [[SM U-58|SM ''U-58'']] off the south-west coast of Ireland, the first combat action in which U.S. ships take a submarine (which is then [[scuttled]]).
** WWI: The [[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)]] begins, with the British Imperial [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] launching attacks against [[Ottoman Army|Ottoman]] forces in the [[Judean Hills]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The British Dominions Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vl8yAQAAMAAJ|year=1922|publisher=British Dominions General Insurance Company|page=107}}</ref>
** The [[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] is founded in the United Kingdom.
* [[November 19]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Caporetto]] ends with Austrian and German forces driving the Italian army to retreat 150 kilometres south to the Piave river. The Italians lose 13,000 killed, 30,000 wounded, around 270,000 taken prisoner (mostly willingly) and 50,000 [[Desertion|deserted]]; the government of [[Paolo Boselli]] collapses on November 29.
* [[November 20]]
** WWI: [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] &ndash; British forces, using [[tank]]s, make early progress in an attack on German positions, but are soon beaten back.
** [[Ukraine]] is [[Third Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council|declared]] [[Ukrainian People's Republic|a republic]].
* [[November 22]] &ndash; In [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada, the [[National Hockey Association]] suspends operations.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; The [[Bolsheviks]] release the full text of the previously secret [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]] of [[1916]] in ''[[Izvestia]]'' and ''[[Pravda]]''; it is printed in the ''[[Manchester Guardian]]'' on [[November 26]].
* [[November 24]] &ndash; A bomb kills 9 members of the [[Milwaukee Police Department]], the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history (until the [[September 11 attacks]] in [[2001]]).
* [[November 25]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Ngomano]] &ndash; German forces defeat a Portuguese army of about 1,200 at [[Negomano]], on the border of modern-day [[Mozambique]] and [[Tanzania]].
* [[November 26]] &ndash; The [[National Hockey League]] is formed in Montreal, as a replacement for the recently disbanded [[National Hockey Association]].
* [[November 28]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Bolsheviks]] offer peace terms to the [[German Empire|Germans]].