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The following events took place on November 4. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 41 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1429

  Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
• 1501

  Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII’s first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII’s older brother – they would later marry.
• 1576

  Eighty Years’ War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
• 1677

  The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
• 1737

  The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
• 1780

  Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui aka Tupac Amaru starts his Rebellion on Peru against Spain.
• 1783

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• 1791

  The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
• 1798

  Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
• 1839

  Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
• 1847

  Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
• 1852

  Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
• 1861

  The University of Washington opens in Seattle as the Territorial University.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
• 1868

  Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years’ War.
• 1890

  City and South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
• 1918

  World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
• 1921

  The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as “brownshirts”, physically assault Adolf Hitler’s opposition after his speech in Munich.
• 1921

  Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
• 1921

  The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
• 1922

  In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• 1924

  Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
• 1939

  World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• 1942

  World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
• 1944

  World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
• 1952

  The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
• 1956

  Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
• 1960

  At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• 1962

  In a test of the Nike Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Atoll. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
• 1966

  The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m, leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm.

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