November 1 Historical Events

The following events took place on November 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 85 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 365
  The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
• 996
  Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
• 1141
  Empress Matilda‘s reign as 'Lady of the English’ends with Stephen of Blois regaining the title of King of England.
• 1179
  Philip II is crowned King of France.
• 1214
  The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks.
• 1348
  The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus “royalists”.
• 1503
  Pope Julius II is elected.
• 1512
  The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 1520
  The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
• 1555
  French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1570
  The All Saints’ Flood devastates the Dutch coast.
• 1604
  William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1611
  William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1612
  (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitay-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
• 1683
  The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

• 1688
  William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
• 1755
  In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
• 1765
  The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
• 1790
  Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
• 1800
  John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
• 1805
  Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
• 1814
  Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1848
  In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
• 1859
  The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 mi in good conditions.
• 1861
  American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• 1870
  In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• 1876
  New Zealand’s provincial government system is dissolved.
• 1884
  The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes’s Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• 1886
  Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
• 1894
  Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.