Editing November 15 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Rákóczi's War of Independence]]: The Habsburg Empire and Denmark win a military victory over the [[Kuruc]]s from [[Hungary]] in the [[Battle of Zsibó]]. 
*[[1760]] &ndash; The secondly-built [[Castellania (Valletta)|Castellania]] in [[Valletta]] is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: After 16 months of debate the [[Continental Congress]] approves the [[Articles of Confederation]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Pike Expedition]]: Lieutenant [[Zebulon Pike]] spots a mountain peak while near the [[Colorado]] foothills of the [[Rocky Mountains]]. It is later named [[Pikes Peak]] in his honor.
*[[1842]] &ndash; A [[1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation|slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation]] commences.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miles |first=Tiya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVQvhgEuKZMC&dq=Cherokee+Slave+Escape+of+1842&pg=PA170 |title=Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom |date=2005 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-24132-9 |page=170 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Boiler explosion|Boilers]] of the steamboat [[Louisiana (steamboat)|''Louisiana'']] explode as she pulls back from the dock in [[New Orleans]], killing more than 150 people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=James T. |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008601965 |title=Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters |date=1856 |publisher=J.T. Lloyd & Co. |location=Cincinnati, O. |pages=225–230 |language=en-us |chapter=Explosion of the Louisiana |via=[[HathiTrust]]}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Union General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] begins his [[Sherman's March to the Sea|March to the Sea]].
*[[1884]] &ndash; The [[Berlin Conference]] of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, regulating the European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Berlin-West-Africa-Conference | title=Berlin West Africa Conference &#124; Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization &#124; Britannica | date=19 February 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Brazil]] is declared a republic by [[Marshal (Brazil)|Marshal]] [[Deodoro da Fonseca]] as [[Emperor of Brazil|Emperor]] [[Pedro II of Brazil|Pedro II]] is [[Decline and fall of Pedro II of Brazil|deposed in a military coup]].
*1899 – [[Second Boer War]]: [[Battle of Chieveley]], a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conan Doyle |first=Arthur |date=September 1902 |title=The Great Boer War – Chapter 13 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Great_Boer_War/Chapter_13 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref>