World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium. The German V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp in late 1944 and early…
25 November 1874
The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873 The Greenback Party was…
24 November 1429
Hundred Years’ War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité. The Hundred Years’ War was a long, tangled conflict between England and France that stretched…
23 November 1808
French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela. The Battle of Tudela unfolded as one of the more decisive early clashes in Napoleon’s…
22 November 1975
Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier. Juan Carlos I, born in 1938 in Rome, became…
21 November 1905
Albert Einstein’s paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik. Albert Einstein’s famous relation…
30 November 1936
In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire The destruction of the Crystal Palace by fire in 1936 marked a dramatic end to one…
19 November 1952
Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece. Field Marshal Alexander Papagos (1883–1955) was one of modern Greece’s most distinguished military…
18 November 1302
Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy. he papal bull Unam sanctam, issued by Pope Boniface VIII…
17 November 1603
English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. The treason trial of Sir Walter Raleigh in November 1603 remains one…