Editing November 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth Stuart]] is [[coronation|crowned]] [[Queen of Bohemia]].
*[[1665]] &ndash; ''[[The London Gazette]]'', the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60|''O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'', BWV 60]], a dialogue cantata by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] for Leipzig, was first performed.<!-- 300 years ago this year--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000076?lang=en |title=O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort |website=www.bach-digital.de|access-date=2023-09-24|quote=BWV 60; BC A 161}} [[Bach Digital]]</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore|John Murray]] (also known as Lord Dunmore), the [[Royal Governor of Virginia|Royal Governor]] of the [[Colony of Virginia]], starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing [[Dunmore's Proclamation|Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation]], which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
*[[1786]] &ndash; The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the [[Stoughton Musical Society]].
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Tecumseh's War]]: The [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] is fought near present-day [[Battle Ground, Indiana]], United States.
*[[1837]] &ndash; In [[Alton, Illinois]], [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] printer [[Elijah P. Lovejoy]] is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Belmont]]: In [[Belmont, Missouri]], [[United States|Union]] forces led by [[General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] overrun a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
*  1861   &ndash; The first [[Melbourne Cup]] horse race is held in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. 
*[[1874]] &ndash; A [[cartoon]] by [[Thomas Nast]] in ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'', is considered the first important use of an [[elephant]] as a symbol for the [[Republican Party (United States)|United States Republican Party]].
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Mapuche uprising of 1881]]: [[Mapuche]] rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of [[Nueva Imperial]] after defenders fled to the hills.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bengoa |first=José |author-link=José Bengoa |title=Historia del pueblo mapuche: Siglos XIX y XX |year=2000 |edition=7th |publisher=[[LOM Ediciones]] |isbn=956-282-232-X |pages=304–305}}</ref> 
*[[1885]] &ndash; The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the [[Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)|Last Spike]] ceremony at [[Craigellachie, British Columbia]].
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Women's suffrage in the United States|Women's suffrage]]: Women in the U.S. state of [[Colorado]] are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
*1893 &ndash; An anarchist [[Liceu bombing|throws two bombs in Barcelona's Liceu opera house]], killing 20<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XMRqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT82 | title=Assassins against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe | isbn=978-0-252-05056-5 | last1=Pernicone | first1=Nunzio | last2=Ottanelli | first2=Fraser | date=2018 | publisher=University of Illinois Press }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: The [[Battle of Leliefontein|Battle of {{lang|af|Leliefontein|italic=no|nocat=y}}]] takes place, during which the [[Royal Canadian Dragoons]] win three [[Victoria Cross]]es.