Editing November 29 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; 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   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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>