Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
125851November 3Death2015 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1927)
125852November 3Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)Blessed Manuel Lozano GarridoHubertusMalachy O' MoreMartin de PorresRichard Hooker (Anglican Communion)Blessed Rupert MayerWinifredNovember 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
125853November 3Holiday and observanceCulture Day (Japan)
125854November 3Holiday and observanceIndependence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
125855November 3Holiday and observanceIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
125856November 3Holiday and observanceIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
125857November 3Holiday and observanceVictory Day (Maldives)
125858November 4Event1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
125859November 4Event1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
125860November 4Event1576 – Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
125861November 4Event1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
125862November 4Event1737 – The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
125863November 4Event1780 – The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
125864November 4Event1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
125865November 4Event1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
125866November 4Event1798 – Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
125867November 4Event1839 – Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
125868November 4Event1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
125869November 4Event1852 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
125870November 4Event1861 – The University of Washington opens in Seattle as the Territorial University.
125871November 4Event1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
125872November 4Event1868 – Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
125873November 4Event1890 – City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
125874November 4Event1912 – First Balkan War: The First Battle of Çatalca begins - an attempt by Bulgaria to break through the last defensive line before the Turkish capital Constantinople.
125875November 4Event1918 – World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
125876November 4Event1921 – The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
125877November 4Event1921 – Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
125878November 4Event1921 – The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
125879November 4Event1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
125880November 4Event1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.

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