Abdication
After wandering helplessly for some weeks in Wales, Edward II is taken prisoner, and is compelled to abdicate in favour of his son
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November 16 in History
This permanent archive page contains 112 World History Database records for November 16, spanning 939 to 2024. Recorded topics include Coronation; Death of Henry III; Abdication.
Total: 112Events: 93Births: 4Deaths: 5Battles: 8Coronations: 2Countries: 21
Events on November 16
English Marriage Petition
Parliamentary delegation asks Mary to choose an English husband
Marriage
A Parliamentary delegation had waited upon Queen Mary, and formally requested that she choose an English husband, the obvious though tacit candidate being her kinsman Edward Courtenay, recently created Earl of Devon
Marriage
Parliament petitions Mary to marry an Englishman
Head of Regency
Appointed Head of the Regency after the death of Gustav II
Imperial Army
The Imperial Army withdraws & Gustavus is killed in battle
Acceptance of Spanish Will
Louis XIV accepts Charles II of Spain's will naming Philip of Anjou as heir to the Spanish monarchy.
Acceptance of Spanish Will
Louis XIV accepts Charles II's will on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou.
Proclamation
Philip of Anjou is proclaimed heir to Spain after Charles II leaves him the Spanish crown.
Recognition of Philip V
Recognises his grandson Philip as King of Spain.
Succession
Philip, Duke of Anjou, is presented at Versailles as the new King of Spain.
Succession
Philip of Anjou is proclaimed King of Spain as Philip V.
Succession Crisis
Louis XIV accepts Charles II's will naming Philip of Anjou as heir to the Spanish monarchy.
Capture of Landau
Tallard's victory at Speyerbach helps restore Landau to French control.
Recapture of Landau
Tallard's victory enables France to recover Landau.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Capture of Paris
Captures Brussels
Resignation of Arthur Wellesley
Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain
Cabinet Order on the Daily Press
Publishes an article criticizing a cabinet order affecting the daily press.
Capture of Saltillo
Captures Saltillo
Capture of Saltillo
Taylor occupies Saltillo as American forces extend control in northern Mexico
Siege of Lucknow
Fights into the residency & rescues the occupants but leaves the city in rebel hands
Execution of Louis Riel
Refuses clemency before Louis Riel is executed.
Government Assessor
Receives promotion to Regierungsassessor while serving in the Bavarian administration.
Constitution of Great Britain
The King secretly tells Asquith if the Liberals return he will create extra peers
Royal Peer Assurance
The King privately indicates willingness to create peers if the Liberals return.
Canopus Position Explained to Commons
Churchill answers questions about HMS Canopus following the defeat of Admiral Cradock's squadron.
Naval Cadet Wartime Training Reviewed
Churchill answers Commons questions concerning the training and employment of naval cadets during wartime.
Second Wartime Vote of Credit Supported
Supports a further Vote of Credit as military expenditure rises during the first winter of the war.
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Prime Minister of France
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term
Constitution of Hungary
Declares Hungary a Republic
Constitution of Hungary
Loses land to the Allies & is replaced by Bela Kun & the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Election
Clemanceaus coalition Government wins the election
Election
The Conservatives win 38.5% of votes cast & 344 MPs. Leads the Conservatives to an overall victory of 75 in the general election
Variety
Directs Variete, released in English as Variety.
Rally
Makes on open air speech in Berlin
Abdication
Wallis Simpson & Edward VIII become the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Informs Baldwin he wishes to marry Wallis Simpson
Armament
Protests to Chamberlain about Halifax's visit to Germany
Neutral Mapia Stopped and Released
Langsdorff stops the Dutch merchant Mapia but releases the neutral vessel after establishing that it cannot lawfully be taken.
Bombing of Hamburg
The Royal Air Force bomb Hamburg
Capture of Rostov
Commences the capture of Rostov by leading "Armoured Battlegroup Langkeit"
Manhattan Project
Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "Site Y
Manhattan Project
Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "Site Y
Site Y
Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "Site Y
Site Y
Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "Site Y
Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite
Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite under United Nations supervision
Priscilla Johnson Interview
Journalist Priscilla Johnson interviewed Lee at the Metropole Hotel for roughly five hours about his politics, defection, and Soviet citizenship hopes.
Higgs Boson
Coauthors a third independent 1964 paper explaining spontaneous symmetry breaking in relativistic gauge theory and the generation of gauge-boson masses.
Higgs Boson
Publishes with Gerald Guralnik and Tom Kibble an independent formulation of the gauge-symmetry-breaking mechanism.
Higgs Boson
Coauthors Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles, completing one of the independent 1964 formulations associated with the Higgs mechanism.
President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador by the Constituent Assembly
Devaluation
Announces the devaluation of sterling, "the unhappiest day of my life"
Demonstrations
Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the My Lai massacre
Massacre
Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the My Lai massacre
Report
The Compton Report rejects allegations of brutality in internment camps
Preservation Act 1
The Kinks release Preservation Act 1.
Skylab 4
Commands the final Skylab crew launched in Apollo hardware.
Bryukhanov Unit Two Physical Commissioning
Leads the plant when physical commissioning of Unit 2 begins with preparations for reactor startup and power operation.
Pink Floyd
"Another Brick In The Wall Part II" is released, it goes straight to number one in the UK chart. It is the band's only number one
Pink Floyd
"Another Brick In The Wall Part II" is released, it goes straight to number one in the UK chart. It is the band's only number one
President of Bolivia
Gueiler becomes Bolivia's first female president after the failure of the Natusch coup.
Anglo-Irish Agreement
Ulster Unionist leaders announce that all 15 Unionist MPs at Westminster will resign
Election
In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhuttos PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly
General Election
Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.
General Election - General Election
Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.
General Election Election Outcome
General election outcome recorded for Benazir Bhutto: Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.
General Election Government
Government context for this general election: Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.
National Assembly
In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhuttos PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly
National Assembly Election
The 1988 election returns the Pakistan Peoples Party as the leading parliamentary party.
Demonstrations
Slovak high school and university students stage a peaceful demonstration
Velvet Revolution
On the eve of International Students Day, 50th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal murdered by Nazi occupiers during World War II, Slovak students demonstrate
Balzan Prize
Hoyle shared the Balzan Prize for pioneering contributions to the theory of stellar evolution.
Vote of Confidence
Major threatens to resign if the European Finance Bill is not passed by the Commons
Economy of Algeria
General Liamine Zeroual wins reelection as President with 61 percent of the vote, but the nations 25 percent unemployment rate, 30 percent inflation rate, falling industrial production, and food shortages foreshadow future trouble
Election
Defying threats from militant extremist groups who boycott the election, Algerians go to the polls and overwhelmingly reject Islamic fundamentalists
Election
General Liamine Zeroual wins reelection as President with 61 percent of the vote, but the nations 25 percent unemployment rate, 30 percent inflation rate, falling industrial production, and food shortages foreshadow future trouble. Defying threats from militant extremist groups who boycott the election, Algerians go to the polls and overwhelmingly reject Islamic fundamentalists
Inflation
General Liamine Zeroual wins reelection as President with 61 percent of the vote, but the nations 25 percent unemployment rate, 30 percent inflation rate, falling industrial production, and food shortages foreshadow future trouble
Siege of Konduz
The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar
Taliban
The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar
Secretary of State
Bush nominates Rice to be Secretary of State
Tokyo WMD Policy Meetings
Presents the report to Japanese policy figures and research institutions while explaining the Commission's nuclear-disarmament recommendations.
Caretaker Prime Minister
Muhammad Mian Soomro heads the caretaker government before the 2008 election.
Congressional Gold Medal
Receives the Congressional Gold Medal with other Apollo 11 astronauts.
Presidential Election
Wins the presidential runoff against Victor Ponta.
Romanian Presidential Election
Iohannis wins the presidential election against Victor Ponta.
Brexit
Appointed Brexit Secretary after Dominic Raab resigns.
Chairwoman Takes Office
Cvijanovic is chosen as first chairwoman of the 2022 Presidency convocation
Presidency Member Re-Elected
Zeljko Komsic begins another term as Croat member of the Presidency
Presidency Member Takes Office
Denis Becirovic becomes Bosniak member of the Presidency
Presidency Member Takes Office
Zeljka Cvijanovic becomes Serb member of the Presidency
LTT 1445Ac Size
Pass leads Hubble observations refining the radius of nearby transiting exoplanet LTT 1445Ac and confirming its Earth-like size.
Chairwoman Takes Office
Cvijanovic again takes the rotating chairmanship of the Presidency
Births on November 16
Birth of Allen Bathurst
Birth of Allen Bathurst
Birth of John Bright
Birth of John Bright
Birth of Josef Mengele
Birth of Josef Mengele
Birth of Frank Bruno
Birth of Frank Bruno
Deaths on November 16
Death of Henry III
Death of Henry III, in Westminster Palace on St Edmunds Day
Rumours of Death
Rumours of Mary's death spread before the official announcement
Death of Gustavus II Adolphus
Killed at the Battle of Lutzen
Death of Clark Gable
Death of Clark Gable
Death of Edward Woodwood
Death of Edward Woodward
Battles on November 16
Battle of Lutzen
Achieves victory but is killed in battle near Leipzig whilst leading a cavalry charge
Battle of Lutzen
Troops are routed while fighting for the Protestant alliance & negotiates for peace
Battle of Lutzen
The Imperial Army withdraws & Gustavus is killed in battle
Battle of Stresow
Charles XII personally leads a Swedish counterattack against the Allied landing force at Stresow.
Battle of Stresow
Personally leads a counterattack against an Allied landing force.
Battle of Sikandar Bagh
Uda Devi fights British troops during the assault on Sikandar Bagh in Lucknow and is killed in the battle.
Battle of Monastir Begins
Commits the Serbian First Army against Ottoman defenses around Monastir.
Battle of Monastir Begins
Defends the final major Ottoman position in Macedonia.
Coronations on November 16
Coronation
Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames
Coronation
Crowned for a 2nd time