November 16 in History

After wandering helplessly for some weeks in Wales, Edward II is taken prisoner, and is compelled to abdicate in favour of his son

Parliamentary delegation asks Mary to choose an English husband

Parliament petitions Mary to marry an Englishman

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

Appointed Head of the Regency after the death of Gustav II

The Imperial Army withdraws & Gustavus is killed in battle

Louis XIV accepts Charles II's will on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou.

Louis XIV accepts Charles II of Spain's will naming Philip of Anjou as heir to the Spanish monarchy.

Philip of Anjou is proclaimed heir to Spain after Charles II leaves him the Spanish crown.

Recognises his grandson Philip as King of Spain.

Philip, Duke of Anjou, is presented at Versailles as the new King of Spain.

Philip of Anjou is proclaimed King of Spain as Philip V.

Louis XIV accepts Charles II's will naming Philip of Anjou as heir to the Spanish monarchy.

Tallard's victory at Speyerbach helps restore Landau to French control.

Tallard's victory enables France to recover Landau.

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain

Captures Brussels

Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain

Publishes an article criticizing a cabinet order affecting the daily press.

Captures Saltillo

Taylor occupies Saltillo as American forces extend control in northern Mexico

Fights into the residency & rescues the occupants but leaves the city in rebel hands

Refuses clemency before Louis Riel is executed.

Receives promotion to Regierungsassessor while serving in the Bavarian administration.

The King secretly tells Asquith if the Liberals return he will create extra peers

The King privately indicates willingness to create peers if the Liberals return.

Churchill answers questions about HMS Canopus following the defeat of Admiral Cradock's squadron.

Churchill answers Commons questions concerning the training and employment of naval cadets during wartime.

Supports a further Vote of Credit as military expenditure rises during the first winter of the war.

Appointed Minister of War

Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term

Loses land to the Allies & is replaced by Bela Kun & the Hungarian Soviet Republic

Declares Hungary a Republic

Clemanceaus coalition Government wins the election

The Conservatives win 38.5% of votes cast & 344 MPs. Leads the Conservatives to an overall victory of 75 in the general election

Directs Variete, released in English as Variety.

Makes on open air speech in Berlin

Wallis Simpson & Edward VIII become the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Informs Baldwin he wishes to marry Wallis Simpson

Protests to Chamberlain about Halifax's visit to Germany

Langsdorff stops the Dutch merchant Mapia but releases the neutral vessel after establishing that it cannot lawfully be taken.

The Royal Air Force bomb Hamburg

Commences the capture of Rostov by leading "Armoured Battlegroup Langkeit"

Fermi's group begins round-the-clock construction of Chicago Pile-1 beneath the west stands of Stagg Field.

Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "Site Y

Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "Site Y

Groves and Oppenheimer visit Los Alamos, New Mexico and designate it as the location for "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 under United Nations supervision

Journalist Priscilla Johnson interviewed Lee at the Metropole Hotel for roughly five hours about his politics, defection, and Soviet citizenship hopes.

Appointed President of Ecuador by the Constituent Assembly

Announces the devaluation of sterling, "the unhappiest day of my life"

Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the My Lai massacre

Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the My Lai massacre

The Compton Report rejects allegations of brutality in internment camps

The Kinks release Preservation Act 1.

Commands the final Skylab crew launched in Apollo hardware.

"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

"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

Gueiler becomes Bolivia's first female president after the failure of the Natusch coup.

Ulster Unionist leaders announce that all 15 Unionist MPs at Westminster will resign

In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhuttos PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly

Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

General election outcome recorded for Benazir Bhutto: Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

Government context for this general election: Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhuttos PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly

The 1988 election returns the Pakistan Peoples Party as the leading parliamentary party.

Slovak high school and university students stage a peaceful demonstration

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

Hoyle shared the Balzan Prize for pioneering contributions to the theory of stellar evolution.

Major threatens to resign if the European Finance Bill is not passed by the Commons

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

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

Defying threats from militant extremist groups who boycott the election, Algerians go to the polls and overwhelmingly reject Islamic fundamentalists

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

The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar

The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar

Bush nominates Rice to be Secretary of State

Muhammad Mian Soomro heads the caretaker government before the 2008 election.

Receives the Congressional Gold Medal with other Apollo 11 astronauts.

Wins the presidential runoff against Victor Ponta.

Iohannis wins the presidential election against Victor Ponta.

Appointed Brexit Secretary after Dominic Raab resigns.

Cvijanovic is chosen as first chairwoman of the 2022 Presidency convocation

Zeljko Komsic begins another term as Croat member of the Presidency

Denis Becirovic becomes Bosniak member of the Presidency

Zeljka Cvijanovic becomes Serb member of the Presidency

Pass leads Hubble observations refining the radius of nearby transiting exoplanet LTT 1445Ac and confirming its Earth-like size.

Cvijanovic again takes the rotating chairmanship of the Presidency

Birth of Allen Bathurst

Birth of John Bright

Birth of Josef Mengele

Birth of Frank Bruno

Death of Henry III, in Westminster Palace on St Edmunds Day

Rumours of Mary's death spread before the official announcement

Killed at the Battle of Lutzen

Death of Clark Gable

Death of Edward Woodward

Achieves victory but is killed in battle near Leipzig whilst leading a cavalry charge

Troops are routed while fighting for the Protestant alliance & negotiates for peace

The Imperial Army withdraws & Gustavus is killed in battle

Charles XII personally leads a Swedish counterattack against the Allied landing force at Stresow.

Personally leads a counterattack against an Allied landing force.

Uda Devi fights British troops during the assault on Sikandar Bagh in Lucknow and is killed in the battle.

Commits the Serbian First Army against Ottoman defenses around Monastir.

Defends the final major Ottoman position in Macedonia.

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames

Crowned for a 2nd time