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November 3 in History

Browse historical events, births, deaths and battles recorded on November 3. Every item below is rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

Events: 210Births: 6Deaths: 2Battles: 17

Historical Events on November 3

1141
Arrest of Stephen
Stephen · England · Bristol

Released in exchange for Gloucester, Matildas half brother & most valued ally

1492
Reballion of Rebels in Etaples
Charles VIII · France · Etaples

Under the Treaty of Etaples Charles VIII agrees to drop his support for Perkin Warbeck & other rebels

1492
Renunciation of French Claims
Henry VII · England · Etaples

At Etaples Henry abandons wider claims in France while preserving English possession of Calais.

1492
Rule of Calais
Henry VII · England · Calais

Under the Treaty of Etaples Henry VII renounces his claims to France, excluding Calais

1492
Treaty of Etaples
Charles VIII · France · Etaples

Under the Treaty of Etaples Charles VIII agrees to pay Henry VII for the Brittany campaign. Henry VII & Charles VIII formally make peace

1492
Treaty of Etaples
Charles VIII · France · Etaples

Under the Treaty of Etaples Charles VIII agrees to drop his support for Perkin Warbeck & other rebels. Henry VII renounces his claims to France, excluding Calais. Charles VII agrees to pay Henry VIII under the Treaty of Picquigny for Brittany campaig

1492
Treaty of Etaples
Henry VII · England · Etaples

Henry VII agrees peace with Charles VIII at Etaples, ending the English expedition in France.

1492
Treaty of Picquigny
Charles VIII · France · Picquigny

Under the Treaty of Etaples Charles VIII agrees to pay Henry VII for the Brittany campaign. Agrees to pay Henry VIII under the Treaty of Picquigny for the Brittany campaign

1492
Treaty of Picquigny
Charles VIII · France · Picquigny

Agrees to pay Henry VIII under the Treaty of Picquigny for the Brittany campaign

1529
Parliament
Henry VIII · England · London

Opening of the Reformation Parliament. Opening of Henry VIIIs 5th Parliament

1529
Reformation Parliament
Henry VIII · England · London

The Reformation Parliament opens and becomes the legislative engine of Henry VIII's break with Rome.

1529
Reformation, The
Henry VIII · England · London

Opening of the Reformation Parliament

1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII · England · London

Parliament recognises Henry VIII as Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England.

1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII · England · London

The Act of Supremacy makes Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England, changing the political meaning of Defender of the Faith.

1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII · England · London

The Act of Supremacy recognises Henry VIII as Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England.

1534
Church of England
Henry VIII · England · London

The royal supremacy gives the English Crown jurisdiction over the national church.

1568
Trial
Elizabeth I · England · Westminster

Orders that Marys trial be moved to Westminster

1568
Trial
Mary of Scots · Scotland · Westminster

Marys trial moves to Westmnster. Mary is refused permission to present her own case

1605
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Robert Catesby · England · London

The leading conspirators meet & decide to go ahead with the plot

1605
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Guy Fawkes · England · London

The leading conspirators meet & decide to go ahead with the plot

1616
Peerage
Spencer Compton · England

Created a Knight of the Bath

1640
Accepts Speakership
William Lenthall · England · London

Lenthall assumes the chair and begins presiding over the Long Parliament.

1640
Commons Reform Programme Begins
John Pym · England · London

Pym coordinates attacks on ministers, taxation and religious innovations.

1640
Contact with Scottish Covenanters
John Pym · England · London

Pym maintains discreet communication with Scottish opponents of royal religious policy.

1640
Election as Speaker
William Lenthall · England · London

The Commons elects Lenthall as Speaker at the opening of the Long Parliament.

1640
Election for Cambridge
Oliver Cromwell · England · Cambridge

Cambridge electors return Cromwell to the Long Parliament.

1640
Election for Colchester
Harbottle Grimston · England · Colchester

Grimston is returned for Colchester and becomes a leading critic of Personal Rule.

1640
Election for Kent
John Culpeper · England · Kent

Culpeper enters the Long Parliament as a representative of Kent.

1640
Election for Oxford University
John Selden · England · Oxford

Oxford University returns Selden to the Long Parliament.

1640
Election for Westminster
John Glynne · England · Westminster

Glynne is elected for Westminster and becomes active in legal proceedings.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
Anthony Ashley-Cooper · England · London

Ashley-Cooper enters the Long Parliament as member for Downton.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
Oliver Cromwell · England · Cambridge

Cromwell is returned as member for Cambridge in the Long Parliament.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
John Hampden · England · Buckinghamshire

Hampden is re-elected and helps coordinate parliamentary opposition.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
Arthur Haselrig · England · Leicestershire

Haselrig is elected for Leicestershire and joins the parliamentary opposition.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
Edward Hyde · England · Saltash

Hyde is elected for Saltash and supports early constitutional reforms.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
John Pym · England · Tavistock

Pym again represents Tavistock and assumes leadership of the Commons reform programme.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
William Strode · England · Bridport

Strode returns to Parliament after imprisonment following the 1629 confrontation.

1640
Election to Long Parliament
Sir Henry Vane · England · Cambridge

Vane enters the Long Parliament with access to sensitive government information.

1640
Legal Limits on Royal Government
John Selden · England · London

Selden argues that established law limits exercises of royal prerogative.

1640
Long Parliament
Edward Montagu · England · London

Montagu enters the Long Parliament as a prominent critic of Personal Rule.

1640
Long Parliament Begins
John Culpeper · England · London

Culpeper serves during debates over taxation, religion and royal authority.

1640
Long Parliament Begins
John Glynne · England · London

Glynne joins parliamentary efforts to investigate abuses committed during Personal Rule.

1640
Long Parliament Begins
Arthur Haselrig · England · London

Haselrig enters the Long Parliament as a determined opponent of royal policies.

1640
Long Parliament Begins
Edward Hyde · England · London

Hyde enters the Long Parliament and initially supports constitutional reform.

1640
Long Parliament Called for War Debts
Charles I · England · London

Charles seeks parliamentary funds for English troops and payments owed to the Scots.

1640
Long Parliament Called for War Debts
Charles I · England · London

Charles seeks parliamentary funds for English troops and payments owed to the Scots.

1640
Long Parliament Chair
William Lenthall · England · London

Lenthall begins presiding over a Commons determined to investigate Personal Rule.

1640
Long Parliament Convenes
Charles I · England · London

Charles opens the Parliament later known as the Long Parliament.

1640
Long Parliament Convenes
Charles I · England · London

Charles opens the Parliament later known as the Long Parliament.

1640
Long Parliament Meets under Financial Pressure
Charles I · England · London

Payments required by the Ripon treaty make parliamentary taxation unavoidable.

1640
Long Parliament Meets under Financial Pressure
Charles I · England · London

Payments required by the Ripon treaty make parliamentary taxation unavoidable.

1640
Long Parliament Named
Charles I · England · London

The Parliament beginning in November later becomes known for its exceptional duration.

1640
Long Parliament Named
Charles I · England · London

The Parliament beginning in November later becomes known for its exceptional duration.

1640
Long Parliament Opens after Bishops War
Charles I · England · London

The military and financial crisis forces Charles to recall Parliament.

1640
Long Parliament Opens after Bishops War
Charles I · England · London

The military and financial crisis forces Charles to recall Parliament.

1640
Long Parliament Seeks Finance
Charles I · England · London

Charles assembles Parliament because war and occupation have exhausted royal finances.

1640
Long Parliament Seeks Finance
Charles I · England · London

Charles assembles Parliament because war and occupation have exhausted royal finances.

1640
Long Parliament Strategy
John Pym · England · London

Pym seeks systematic remedies for abuses associated with the King’s Personal Rule.

1640
Opening Speech to Long Parliament
Charles I · England · London

Charles asks Parliament to finance the armies and relieve counties occupied by the Scots.

1640
Opening Speech to Long Parliament
Charles I · England · London

Charles asks Parliament to finance the armies and relieve counties occupied by the Scots.

1640
Parliament after Bishops Wars
Charles I · England · London

Charles calls the Long Parliament following defeat and settlement in the Bishops Wars.

1640
Parliament after Bishops Wars
Charles I · England · London

Charles calls the Long Parliament following defeat and settlement in the Bishops Wars.

1640
Parliament Summoned after Ripon
Charles I · England · London

Financial obligations under the Ripon settlement compel Charles to meet Parliament.

1640
Parliament Summoned after Ripon
Charles I · England · London

Financial obligations under the Ripon settlement compel Charles to meet Parliament.

1640
Parliamentary Grievances Renewed
Charles I · England · London

Members begin challenging taxation, religious policy and ministers associated with Personal Rule.

1640
Parliamentary Grievances Renewed
Charles I · England · London

Members begin challenging taxation, religious policy and ministers associated with Personal Rule.

1640
Parliamentary Opposition
Edward Montagu · England · London

Montagu joins peers seeking ministerial accountability and regular parliamentary government.

1656
Rule of Little Russia
Alexis I Mikhaylovich · Russia · Little Russia

Under the Treaty of Vilna Poland cedes Little Russia Russia to Russia

1656
Rule of White
Alexis I Mikhaylovich · Russia · White Russia

Under the Treaty of Vilna Poland cedes White Russia to Russia

1656
Treaty of Nimieza
Alexis I Mikhaylovich · Russia · Nimieza

The war is terminated & a 3 yr truce is signed between Russia & Poland. An alliance is formed between Poland & Russia against Sweden

1656
Treaty of Nimieza
John II Casimir · Poland · Nimieza

The war is terminated & a 3 yr truce is signed between Russia & Poland

1656
Treaty of Vilno
Alexis I Mikhaylovich · Russia · Vilno

Russia makes peace with Poland to fight Sweden which has just invaded Poland. Poland cedes White & Little Russia to Russia

1745
Invasion of England
Charles Edward Stewart · Scotland

Against the advice of Lord Murray, Charles begins the march into England

1760
Capture of Saxony
Frederick II the Great · Germany · Saxony

Gains control of Saxony after the Battle of Torgau

1774
Elected for Bristol
Edmund Burke · Great Britain · Bristol

Burke is elected Member of Parliament for Bristol.

1783
Comptroller
Charles Alexandre de Calonne · France · Paris

Appointed Comptroller General of Finances

1784
Minister of State
Charles Alexandre de Calonne · France

Appointed Minister of State

1784
President of the Council
Charles Alexandre de Calonne · France · Paris

Appointed Member of Council

1787
Dismissal
Charles Alexandre de Calonne · France · Paris

Dismissed after failing to reform taxes & convening a hostile Assembly of Notables

1789
Promulgation of August Decrees
Louis XVI · France · Paris

Louis XVI issued letters patent giving legal effect to major August decrees that dismantled privileges and feudal institutions.

1793
Execution of Olympe de Gouges
Olympe Gouges · France · Paris

Olympe de Gouges was executed after conviction by the Revolutionary Tribunal for her political publications.

1799
Meeting with Bonaparte
Joseph Fouche · France · Paris

Fouche met Bonaparte shortly before Brumaire and positioned the police ministry to accommodate the coming change of government.

1799
Meeting with Fouche
Napoleon I · France · Paris

Napoleon met Joseph Fouche during preparations for the political operation that became the coup of Brumaire.

1805
Alliance Frederick William III and third coalition
Frederick William III · Germany

Prussia joins the third coalition against France by signing a secret Treaty at Potsdam

1835
Demonstrations
John Frost · Great Britain · Newport

The crowd is fired on & 20 people are killed. The Chartist leader is transported after a riot at Newport

1835
Transportation
John Frost · Great Britain · Newport

The Chartist leader is transported after a riot at Newport

1851
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi · Italy · Venice

"Rigoletto" is 1st performed at Venices Teatro La Fenice

1857
SS Great Eastern
Isambard Kingdom Brunel · Great Britain · Millwall

The first attempt to launch SS Great Eastern sideways ends in failure and the death of a worker.

1898
Fashoda Incident
Theophile Delcasse · France · Fashoda

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

1898
Fashoda Incident
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil · Great Britain · Fashoda

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

1898
Withdrawal Negotiations at Fashoda
Theophile Delcasse · France · Fashoda

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

1898
Withdrawal Negotiations at Fashoda
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil · Great Britain · Fashoda

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

1913
Capture of Ciudad Juarez
Pancho Villa · Mexico · Ciudad Juarez

Captures Ciudad Juarez

1913
Diplomatic Ultimatum at Washington
Thomas Woodrow Wilson · United States of America · Washington

Gives President Huerta of Mexico an ultimatum to resign

1913
Siege of Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta · Mexico · Mexico City

Rebel leader Panch Villa announces plans to march on Mexico City & besiege Huerta

1913
Siege of Mexico City
Pancho Villa · Mexico · Mexico City

Panch Villa announces plans to march on Mexico City & besiege President Huerta

1913
Withdrawal Negotiations at Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta · Mexico · Mexico City

The USA demands the withdrawal of Huerta from Mexico

1914
Emergency 612-Vessel Programme Launched
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher presides over an emergency building programme totalling 612 vessels for expanded wartime naval operations.

1914
Fifty Seagoing Patrol Boats Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

The emergency programme includes fifty seagoing patrol boats for expanded coastal and anti-submarine patrol work.

1914
Fifty-Six Destroyers Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

The emergency programme authorises fifty-six destroyers for fleet screening, patrol and offensive duties.

1914
Five Fast Battlecruisers Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's emergency programme calls for five fast, shallow-draught battlecruisers intended for offensive operations.

1914
Five Flotilla Leaders Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's building programme includes five flotilla leaders to improve command of destroyer forces.

1914
Fourteen-Inch Turrets Secured for Monitors
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher and Churchill seize the opportunity to use four American-built twin fourteen-inch turrets in new shallow-draught monitors.

1914
HMS D5 Lost after Yarmouth Raid
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · North Sea

The submarine HMS D5 strikes a British mine while responding to the German raid on Yarmouth.

1914
Kum Kale Outer Fort Bombarded
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · Kum Kale

British and French warships bombard Ottoman positions on the Asian side of the Dardanelles entrance.

1914
Ninety Small Barges Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

The emergency construction programme provides for ninety smaller barges alongside the larger motor-barge fleet.

1914
Sedd el Bahr Magazine Destroyed
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · Sedd el Bahr

The Allied bombardment detonates an Ottoman ammunition magazine at Sedd el Bahr.

1914
Sixty-Four Submarines Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's emergency programme includes sixty-four submarines, reflecting his strong commitment to undersea warfare.

1914
Submarine Construction Red Tape Waived
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher argues that normal paperwork and peacetime procedures must not delay urgent submarine production.

1914
Thirty-Seven Monitors Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

The emergency programme includes thirty-seven monitors for shallow-water and heavy coastal bombardment roles.

1914
Thirty-Six Sloops Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's 612-vessel programme includes thirty-six sloops for patrol, escort and minesweeping-related duties.

1914
Twenty-Four River Gunboats Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's programme includes twenty-four light river gunboats for operations in confined and shallow waters.

1914
Twenty-Four Submarine Destroyers Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's emergency plan includes twenty-four specialised submarine-destroying vessels.

1914
Two Hundred Motor Barges Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher's programme includes two hundred oil-engined motor barges for amphibious and logistical operations.

1914
Two Light Cruisers Programme
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

The emergency programme includes two light cruisers among the new wartime construction.

1914
Urgent Submarine Expansion Memorandum
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · London

Fisher declares rapid acquisition of additional submarines an urgent national requirement and presses for immediate construction.

1914
Yarmouth Raid Naval Response Reviewed
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · Yarmouth

The Admiralty reviews German battlecruiser operations off Yarmouth and Britain's attempted interception.

1918
Armistice
Charles I · Austria

An Armistice is declared

1918
Result of Surrender of Austria-Hungary
Charles I · Austria

Austria-Hungary accepts an armistice and ends active hostilities against Italy.

1918
Result of Surrender of Austria-Hungary
David Lloyd George · Great Britain

Austria-Hungary exits the war under Allied armistice terms.

1918
Supreme War Council
Ferdinand Foch · France · Versailles

Helps frame Allied military conditions before the armistice.

1918
Surrender of Austria-Hungary
Charles I · Austria

Surrenders unconditionally to Italian C-in-C Armando Diaz. An Armistice is declared

1918
Surrender of Austria-Hungary
David Lloyd George · Great Britain

Austria surrenders to the Allies

1920
Strike
David Lloyd George · Great Britain

The Miners return to work

1928
Reform of Cultural Policy
Maustafa Kemal Ataturk · Turkey · Ankara

Adopts the Roman Alphabet for official use by Turkey

1930
President of Brazil
Getulio Vargas · Brazil

Appointed President of Brazil

1930
President of Brazil
Getulio Dornelles Vargas · Brazil · Rio de Janeiro

Appointed provisional President of Brazil after the Revolution of 1930

1935
Monarchy Referendum
Georgios Kondylis · Greece · Greece

A controlled referendum declares overwhelming support for restoration of George II.

1936
Election
Franklin Delano Roosevelt · United States of America

Wins every state except for 2. Wins 60% of the vote during the Presidential elections, 27 million of the poll

1941
Crusader
Claude John Eyre Auchinleck · Great Britain

Postpones Operation Crusader 1 week to enable the South Africa Division more training

1941
Invasion of Russia
Adolf Hitler · Germany

Temperatures in Russia begin to drop below zero

1941
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler · Germany

Temperatures in Russia begin to drop below zero

1942
Axis Armour Reduced before Breakout
Bernard Law Montgomery · Great Britain · El Alamein

Presses the offensive as Axis armoured strength falls to a fraction of its original level.

1942
Closing the Breakthrough
Francesco Antonio Arena · Italy · El Alamein

Ariete moves north under Arena in an attempt to contain the widening British breakthrough.

1942
Plutonium Neutron Impurity Warning
Glenn Theodore Seaborg · United States of America · Chicago

Seaborg warns that plutonium's alpha activity can make light-element impurities a serious unwanted neutron source.

1942
Siege of Tobruk
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Tobruk

Rommell decides to withdraw from Tobruk, Hitler forces Rommel to stay

1942
Siege of Tobruk
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel · Germany · Tobruk

Rommell decides to withdraw from Tobruk, Hitler forces Rommel to stay

1942
Stand-fast Order
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Berlin

Orders Rommel's army to stand fast despite the collapse of the Axis position at El Alamein.

1943
Directive 51 Western Defence Priority Supported
Alfred Jodl · Germany · Berlin

Jodl works within OKW as German planning gives renewed priority to strengthening the West against an Allied invasion.

1943
Fuhrer Directive No. 51
Adolf Hitler · Germany

Directive 51, reserves from the West will not be sent to the East or the Mediterranean

1943
Invasion of Western Front
Adolf Hitler · Germany

Hitler issues Directive No. 51, a plan to deter or prevent an Allied invasion on Germany's western front

1943
Operation Overlord
Adolf Hitler · Germany

Hitler issues Directive No. 51, a plan to deter or prevent an Allied invasion on Germany's western front

1944
The Woman in the Window
Fritz Lang · Germany · Hollywood

Directs The Woman in the Window.

1946
Constitution of Japan
Shigeru Yoshida · Japan

The new constitution is promulgated

1946
President of Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla · Chile · Santiago

Takes office as President of Chile after winning the 1946 election.

1952
President of Chile
Carlos Ibanez del Campo · Chile · Santiago

Takes office for his second presidential administration.

1956
Public Opposition
Anthony Nutting · Great Britain · London

Explains his resignation as opposition grows to Britain's use of force

1956
Sinai Occupation Consolidated
David Ben-Gurion · Israel · Jerusalem

Ben-Gurion's government begins consolidating control over captured positions in Sinai and Gaza.

1957
First Animal in Orbit
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev · Russia · Baikonur

The achievement marks first animal in orbit as an important Russian scientific milestone.

1957
Sputnik 2 and Laika
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Baikonur

Sputnik 2 carries the dog Laika into orbit, demonstrating another Soviet space milestone.

1957
Sputnik 2 Launch
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev · Russia · Baikonur

Directs the launch of Sputnik 2 carrying the dog Laika.

1958
President of Chile
Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez · Chile · Santiago

Is inaugurated as President of Chile after narrowly defeating Salvador Allende.

1959
Citizenship Revocation Letter
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Moscow

Lee wrote the American Embassy requesting revocation of his citizenship after consular officials had delayed his attempted renunciation.

1960
Leadership Election
Harold Wilson · Great Britain · London

His challenge reveals deep Labour divisions after the 1959 general election defeat.

1960
Leadership Election
Harold Wilson · Great Britain · London

Receives support from Labour MPs critical of Gaitskell's stance on nuclear disarmament.

1960
Leadership Election
Harold Wilson · Great Britain · London

Remains on the Labour front bench after Gaitskell is re-elected leader of the party.

1960
Leadership Election
Harold Wilson · Great Britain · London

Stands as the left-wing challenger to Hugh Gaitskell in the Labour leadership ballot.

1960
Leadership Election
Harold Wilson · Great Britain · London

Wins 81 votes in the only ballot but fails to remove Hugh Gaitskell as party leader.

1961
Operation Mongoose Development Authorised
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Washington

Kennedy authorises development of a new covert programme against Castro.

1962
Elsbeth Street Apartment
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Oswald rented an apartment at 604 Elsbeth Street in Dallas on November 3, 1962, and reunited there with Marina.

1962
Post-Crisis Courses of Action
John A. McCone · United States of America · Washington

McCone sent McGeorge Bundy a memorandum outlining courses of action to follow as the administration moved from immediate crisis management toward verification and settlement.

1963
FBI
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Requests the FBI Oswald file from New Orleans, established Oswald is living in Dallas

1963
FBI
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Requests the FBI Oswald file from New Orleans, established Oswald is living in Dallas

1963
Republic Declaration
Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky · Russia · Petrograd

Kerensky participates in republic declaration during his political career.

1964
Election
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · United States of America

Wins the presidential election against Barry Goldwater in a landslide.

1964
President of Chile
Eduardo Frei Montalva · Chile · Santiago

Takes office as President of Chile and begins the Revolution in Liberty programme.

1967
Magical Mystery Tour
Ringo Starr · Great Britain

The "Blue Jay Way" sequence for the "Magical Mystery Tour" is filmed at Ringos place in Weybridge

1969
Silent Majority
Richard Milhous Nixon · United States of America

Nixon makes a TV speech appealing for the silent majority support

1969
Silent Majority Speech
Richard Milhous Nixon · United States of America · Washington

Appeals to the silent majority for support of Vietnamization

1969
Speech
Richard Milhous Nixon · United States of America · Washington

Says US withdrawal would be a disaster for world peace. Appeals to the "silent majority"

1970
County Council Election
Joseph Robinette Biden · United States of America · New Castle County

Wins election to New Castle County Council.

1970
President of Chile
Salvador Allende Gossens · Chile · Santiago

Takes office as President of Chile after congressional confirmation of the election result.

1970
Presidential Inauguration
Salvador Allende Gossens · Chile · Santiago

Begins his single constitutional term as President of Chile.

1971
Capture of Rockall
Edward Richard George Heath · Great Britain · Rockall

Britain annexes Rockall

1971
Rule of Rockall
Edward Richard George Heath · Great Britain · Rockall

Britain annexes Rockall

1972
Prices & Incomes
Edward Richard George Heath · Great Britain

Cabinet agrees to introduce a statutory 90 day freeze of prices & incomes

1973
Mariner 10
Giuseppe Colombo · Italy · Cape Canaveral, Florida

Mariner 10 launches on a trajectory shaped by gravity-assist and resonance calculations that will allow repeated visits to Mercury.

1974
Legislative Election
Habib Bourguiba · Tunisia · Tunisia

Tunisia held a legislative election under the Socialist Destourian Party government.

1978
Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship Treaty
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev · Russia · Moscow

Hosts the signing of the Soviet-Vietnamese Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and emphasizes its strategic importance.

1980
Leader of Opposition
Michael Mackintosh Foot · Great Britain · London

Becomes Leader of the Opposition after winning the Labour leadership.

1984
Burial
Jerzy Popieluszko · Poland · Warsaw

200,000 attend the rites for Jerzy Popieluszko

1985
Prostate Surgery
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela · South Africa · Cape Town

Is admitted to hospital for prostate surgery.

1985
Volks Hospital Admission
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela · South Africa · Cape Town

Returns to Pollsmoor later in November after treatment.

1988
Operation Cactus
Rajiv Gandhi · India · Maldives

India rapidly deploys military forces to the Maldives to help defeat an attempted coup.

1990
End of Jan P. Syse Government
Jan P. Syse · Norway · Oslo

The Jan P. Syse Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

1990
Prime Minister of Norway
Gro Harlem Brundtland · Norway

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway, 3rd term

1990
Third Gro Harlem Brundtland Government
Gro Harlem Brundtland · Norway · Oslo

Begins the Third Gro Harlem Brundtland Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

1992
Good as I Been to You
Bob Dylan · United States of America

Releases the acoustic folk album Good as I Been to You.

1992
Maastricht Ratification
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro · Italy · Rome

Promulgates the law authorising Italian ratification of the Maastricht Treaty.

1992
Maastricht Ratification Law
Giuliano Amato · Italy · Rome

Heads the government when Italy enacts the law authorising ratification of the Maastricht Treaty.

1992
Treaty of Maastricht
Konstantinos Mitsotakis · Greece

Heads Greece when its ratification notification is lodged with the depositary government.

1993
EMU Third Stage Notification
Marianne Jelved · Denmark · Copenhagen

The Danish government notifies the Council that Denmark does not intend to participate in the third stage of economic and monetary union.

1994
Post Office Privatization
Michael Heseltine · Great Britain · London

The Government abandons plans for full Post Office privatization after Cabinet consideration.

1996
Election
Petar Stoyanov · Bulgaria

Elected President of Bulgaria

1997
Diplomatic Expulsion
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · United States of America

Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response

1997
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · United States of America

Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response

1998
John Lennon Anthology, a four-CD box
John Winston Lennon · Great Britain

John Lennon Anthology, a four-CD box set of unreleased songs and performances, is released

2004
Prime Minister of Somalia
Ali Muhammad Ghedi · Somalia

Appointed Prime Minister of Somalia

2007
State of Emergency
Pervez Musharraf · Pakistan · Islamabad

Emergency measures remove judges, restrict media and postpone constitutional proceedings.

2007
State of Emergency
Pervez Musharraf · Pakistan · Islamabad

Musharraf declares emergency rule and suspends constitutional protections.

2008
State of Emergency
Lajuddin Ahmed · Bangladesh

Iajuddin Ahmed signs an order sending the army back to the barracks, drawing to an end the state of emergency that began Jan 11, 2007

2009
Arrest of Simon Mann
Simon Mann · Great Britain

British mercenary Simon Mann, convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema in a failed coup in 2004, receives a presidential pardon and is released

2009
Coup
Simon Mann · Great Britain

British mercenary Simon Mann, convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema in a failed coup in 2004, receives a presidential pardon and is released

2009
Treaty of Lisbon
Vaclav Klaus · Czech Republic

Ratifies the European Union's Lisbon Treaty.

2016
Brexit
Gina Miller · Great Britain · London

Wins the High Court case requiring parliamentary authorisation before Article 50.

2019
New South Polar Cyclone
Scott Bolton · United States of America · Jupiter

Juno detects a new cyclone joining the geometric pattern of storms around Jupiter's south pole.

2020
Election
Kamala Devi Harris · United States of America

Elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket.

2020
Election Day 2020
Donald Trump · United States of America · Washington DC

Faces Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

2020
Presidential Election Victory
Joseph Robinette Biden · United States of America · Wilmington

Defeats Donald Trump in the presidential election.

2024
Re-Elected President
Maia Sandu · Moldova · Chisinau

Sandu wins re-election and continues Moldova's pro-European presidential course

Births on November 3

1618
Birth of Alamgir
Alamgir · India · Ahmadnagar

Aurangzeb, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until his death, the sixth Mughal ruler after Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah

1618
Birth of Alamgir
Alamgir · India · Donat

Birth of Alamgir, 3rd son of Shah Jahan

1618
Birth of Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb · India

Birth of Aurangzeb

1921
Birth of Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson · United States of America · Ehrenfeld

Birth of Charles Bronson, one of 15 children born to a Lithuanian immigrant father of Lipka Tatar ancestry and a Lithuanian mother

1932
Birth of Albert Reynolds
Albert Reynolds · Ireland · Roscommon

Birth of Albert Reynolds

1933
Birth of John Barry Prendergast
John Barry · Great Britain

Birth of John Barry Prendergast

Deaths on November 3

361
Death of Constantius II
Constantius II · Roman Empire · Tarsus

Death of Constantius II, dies near Tarsus in Galicia

1456
Death of Edmund Tudor
Henry VII · England · Carmarthen Castle

Henry's father Edmund Tudor dies before his son's birth, leaving Margaret Beaufort pregnant with the future king.

Battles on November 3

1760
Battle of Torgau
Daun · Austria · Torgau

The Prussians gain control of Saxony

1760
Battle of Torgau
Leopold Joseph von Daun · Austria · Torgau

Frederick II the Great forces Dauns Austrian Army to retreat

1760
Battle of Torgau
Frederick II the Great · Germany · Torgau

Victory gives Frederick II the Great command of Saxony. Frederick II the Great forces Dauns Austrian Army to retreat

1760
Battle of Torgau
Hans von Zieten · Germany · Torgau

Helps Frederick the Great defeat Austria & gain control of Saxony

1867
Battle of Mentana
Guisseppe Garibaldi · Italy · Mentana

Despite personal leadership by Garibaldi himself, French and Papal troops defeat Garibaldians

1912
Battle of Prilep
Petar Bojovic · Serbia · Prilep

Helps direct Serbian attacks against Ottoman positions near Prilep.

1912
Battle of Prilep
Zeki Pasha · Turkey · Prilep

Attempts to delay the Serbian advance toward Bitola.

1914
Battle of Dardanelles
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · Dardanelles

Churchill orders the first British attack on the Dardanelles following the opening of hostilities between Ottoman and Russian empires

1917
Battle of Caporetto
Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow · Germany · River Piave

The Italians are forced back as far as the River Piave

1917
Battle of Caporetto
Cadorna · Italy · River Piave

Austro-Hungarian and German forces advanced more than 100 km (62 mi) in the direction of Venice, but they were not able to cross the Piave River

1917
Battle of Caporetto
Cadorna · Italy · River Piave

Luigi Cadorna was forced to resign after the defeat. Italian losses were enormous, 11,000 were killed, 20,000 wounded and 265,000 taken prisoner, morale was so low among the Italian troops, mainly due to Cadornas harsh disciplinary regime, that most of these surrendered willingly.

1917
Battle of Caporetto
Cadorna · Italy · River Piave

The Piave serves as a natural barrier where the Italians could establish a new defensive line, held during the subsequent Battle of the Piave River and served as springboard for the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, where the Austro-Hungarian are defeated.

1918
Battle of Vittorio
Charles I · Austria · Vitoria

A victory for the Allies, causes an Austrian collapse across the Italian front

1942
Battle of Alamein, 2nd
Bernard Law Montgomery · Great Britain · El Alamein

Montgomery's offensive reduces the Axis armoured reserve to a small number of serviceable tanks.

1942
Battle of Alamein, 2nd
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini · Italy · El Alamein

Mussolini supports Hitler's order that Axis troops hold their ground despite Rommel's request to retreat.

1942
Battle of Tobruk
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel · Germany · Tobruk

Rommell decides to withdraw from Tobruk, Hitler forces Rommel to stay. Bernard Montgomery launches an attack on the Deutsches Afrika Korps at Kidney Ridge

1947
Battle of Badgam
Somnath Sharma · India · Badgam

Major Somnath Sharma leads his company at Badgam and is killed while resisting an attack threatening Srinagar.

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