Editing November 24 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Abel Tasman]] becomes the first European to discover the island [[Van Diemen's Land]] (later renamed [[Tasmania]]).
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Tarabai]], regent of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]], imprisons [[Rajaram II of Satara]] for refusing to remove [[Balaji Baji Rao]] from the post of [[peshwa]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[South Carolina]] passes the [[Ordinance of Nullification]], declaring that the [[Tariff of 1828|Tariffs of 1828]] and [[Tariff of Abominations|1832]] were null and void in the state, beginning the [[Nullification Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/300 |title=South Carolina Legislature Passes the Ordinance of Nullification  |website=History Engine |publisher=[[University of Richmond]] |df=mdy-all |access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; The Texas Provincial Government [[History of the Texas Ranger Division|authorizes the creation]] of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the [[Texas Ranger Division]] of the [[Texas Department of Public Safety]]).
*[[1850]] &ndash; Danish troops [[Battle of Lottorf|defeat]] a [[Schleswig-Holstein]] force in the town of [[Lottorf]], Schleswig-Holstein.
*[[1859]] &ndash; British naturalist [[Charles Darwin]]'s ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'' is published.<ref name="TES97">{{cite web |url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=100322 |title=Make a special date for assembly - 1997 |date=6 December 1996 |website=[[TES (magazine)|TES]] |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209001039/https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=100322 |archive-date=9 December 2014 |url-status=dead }} "Schools trying to link religious, moral and spiritual education into the wider framework of group assemblies will find here a calendar listing the main [[religious festival]]s of the six [[major religious groups|main faiths]], the [[International observance|United Nation's designated days of concern]], profile-raising days of the main British charities, anniversaries of major figures whose lives embodied important values and days of special interest to those dealing with children [… November] 24 Evolution Day (Humanist - publication of Origin of Species)"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=82274 |title=Dates to remember in 1999 |date=1 January 1999 |website=TES (magazine) |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208232416/https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=82274 |archive-date=8 December 2014 |url-status=dead }} "Evolution Day: anniversary of publication of "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin (1859)"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2011/11/24/evolution-day/ |title=Evolution Day |author=Elizabeth Bal |date=24 November 2011 |website=[[BioMed Central]] |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205160439/http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2011/11/24/evolution-day/ |archive-date=5 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>
{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/3602107/darwin-evolution-day/ |title=On Evolution Day, Remember That Darwin Knew He'd Meet Resistance |author=[[Jeffrey Kluger]] |date=24 November 2014 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=28 November 2014}}
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*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Third Battle of Chattanooga|Battle of Lookout Mountain]]: Near [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], [[United States|Union]] forces under General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] capture [[Lookout Mountain]] and begin to break the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] siege of the city led by General [[Braxton Bragg]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Anna Sewell]]'s [[animal welfare]] novel ''[[Black Beauty]]'' is published.