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November 30 Historical Events

The following events took place on November 30. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 3340 BC
    Earliest believed record of an eclipse.
  • 1707
    The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
  • 1718
    King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
  • 1782
    American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
  • 1786
    The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
  • 1803
    In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
  • 1804
    The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
  • 1824
    Ground is broken at Allanburg, Ontario, for the building of the first Welland Canal.
  • 1829
    First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
  • 1853
    Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
  • 1864
    American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
  • 1868
    A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm’s Kungsträdgården.
  • 1872
    The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
  • 1886
    The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
  • 1902
    American Old West: Kid Curry Logan, second-in-command of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
  • 1908
    A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154.
  • 1916
    Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
  • 1934
    The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.
  • 1936
    In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
  • 1939
    Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
  • 1940
    Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
  • 1942
    World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
  • 1947
    1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
  • 1953
    Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
  • 1954
    In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap. This is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
  • 1966
    Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • 1967
    The People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • 1967
    The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
  • 1967
    Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
  • 1971
    Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.

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