Editing November 14 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1680]] &ndash; German astronomer [[Gottfried Kirch]] discovers the [[Great Comet of 1680]], the first [[comet]] to be discovered by telescope.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFgMAaU3vA8C&pg=PA112 |title=The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars |last=Seargent |first=David A. J. |date=16 December 2008 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9780387095134 |pages=112–113 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[James Bruce]] discovers what he believes to be the source of the [[Nile]].<ref>{{cite book |first=John |last=Gorton |author-link=John Gorton (writer) |title=A general biographical dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omFlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT340 |year=1851 |publisher=[[Henry George Bohn|H.G. Bohn]] |pages=340}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: At the [[Battle of Smoliani]], French Marshals [[Marshal Claude Victor|Victor]] and [[Marshal Nicholas Oudinot|Oudinot]] are defeated by the Russians under General [[Peter Wittgenstein]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Laurence |last=Spring |title=French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812–14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObWdCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |date=20 November 2013 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4728-0611-6 |pages=9}}</ref> 
*[[1851]] &ndash; ''[[Moby-Dick]]'', a novel by [[Herman Melville]], is published in the USA.<ref>{{cite book |author=Herman Melville |title=Moby-Dick, Or The Whale: Volume 6, Scholarly Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jnNBh61lpjUC&pg=PA686 |date=9 September 1988 |publisher=Northwestern University Press |isbn=978-0-8101-0269-9 |pages=686}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; Pioneering female journalist [[Nellie Bly]] (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Krensky |title=Nellie Bly: A Name to Be Reckoned With |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gii3busxfkC&pg=PA50 |date=July 2003 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=978-0-689-85573-3 |pages=50}}</ref>