Editing November 4 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1354]] &ndash; [[War of the Straits]]: The [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet under [[Paganino Doria]] defeats and captures the entire [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] fleet under [[Niccolò Pisani]] at the [[Battle of Sapienza]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages = 240–241}}</ref>
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War]]: [[Joan of Arc]] [[Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier|liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier]].
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] reaches the [[Leeward Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=18|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Aragon]] (later [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s first wife) meets [[Arthur Tudor]], Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Flanders]], Spain captures [[Antwerp]] (which is [[Sack of Antwerp|nearly destroyed]] after three days).

===1601–1900===
*[[1677]] &ndash; The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
*[[1737]] &ndash; The [[Teatro di San Carlo]], the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
*[[1780]] &ndash; The [[Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II]] against Spanish rule in the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]] begins.
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s [[Symphony No. 36 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 36]] is performed for the first time in [[Linz]], Austria.
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Northwest Indian War]]: The [[Western Confederacy]] of [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indians]] wins a major victory over the United States in the [[St. Clair's Defeat|Battle of the Wabash]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Corfu (1798–99)|Russo-Ottoman siege]] of [[Corfu]] begins.
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Newport Rising]]: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
*[[1847]] &ndash; Sir [[James Young Simpson]], a Scottish physician, discovers the [[anaesthetic]] properties of [[chloroform]].
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour]], becomes the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expands to become Italy.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[Union Army|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the [[Battle of Johnsonville]].
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Camagüey]], Cuba, revolts against Spain during the [[Ten Years' War]].
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[City and South London Railway]]: London's first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street, London|King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Armistice of Villa Giusti]] between Italy and [[Austria-Hungary]] is implemented.
*[[1921]] &ndash; The ''Saalschutz Abteilung'' (hall defense detachment) of the [[Nazi Party]] is renamed the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' (storm detachment) after a large riot in [[Munich]].
*  1921   &ndash; [[Prime Minister of Japan|Japanese Prime Minister]] [[Hara Takashi]] is assassinated in Tokyo.
*[[1922]] &ndash; In Egypt, British archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to [[Tutankhamun]]'s tomb in the [[Valley of the Kings]].
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Largo Caballero]] [[Cabinet reshuffle|reshuffles]] his [[war cabinet]], persuading the [[anarcho-syndicalist]] [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] to join the government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Paz|first=Abel|title=The Story of the Iron Column: Militant Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-KAUJaHsOoC&pg=PA96 |year=2011|publisher=AK Press|isbn=978-1-84935-064-8|pages=96–97}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts of the 1930s#Neutrality Act of 1939|Neutrality Act of 1939]], allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: Disobeying a direct order by [[Adolf Hitler]], General Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Macedonian Partisans|7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade]] liberates [[Bitola]] for the Allies.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Pheasant]], an Allied offensive to liberate [[North Brabant]] in the [[Netherlands]], ends successfully.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goddard |first1=Lance |title=Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 |date=2005 |publisher=Dundurn |page =89|isbn=9781459712539}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; The [[Federal government of the United States|United States government]] establishes the [[National Security Agency]], or NSA.
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops enter [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]] to end the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian revolution]] against the Soviet Union that started on [[October 23]]. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
*[[1960]] &ndash; At the [[Kasakela chimpanzee community|Kasakela Chimpanzee Community]] in Tanzania, Dr. [[Jane Goodall]] observes [[Eastern chimpanzee|chimpanzee]]s creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The United States concludes [[Operation Fishbowl]], its final above-ground [[nuclear weapons testing]] series, in anticipation of the 1963 [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Arno|Arno River]] [[1966 flood of the Arno|floods]] [[Florence]], Italy, to a maximum depth of {{convert|6.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}, leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. [[1966 Venice flood|Venice is also submerged]] on the same day at its record all-time [[acqua alta]] of {{convert|194|cm|abbr=on}}.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Iberia Flight 062]] crashes in [[Blackdown, West Sussex]], killing all 37 people on board including British actress [[June Thorburn]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R EC-BDD Blackdown Hill, Haslemere, West Sussex|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19671104-1|access-date=2021-11-04|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The United States turns over control of the [[Binh Thuy Air Base|air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta]] to [[South Vietnam]].
*  1970   &ndash; [[Salvador Allende]] takes office as [[President of Chile]], the first [[Marxism|Marxist]] to become president of a [[Latin America]]n country through open elections.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the [[1973 oil crisis]]. Highways are used only by [[cyclist]]s and [[roller skaters]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Iran hostage crisis]]: A group of [[Iran]]ian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in [[Tehran]] and takes 90 hostages.
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Ronald Reagan]] is [[1980 United States presidential election|elected]] as the 40th [[President of the United States]], defeating incumbent [[Jimmy Carter]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[China Airlines Flight 605]], a brand-new [[747-400]], overruns the runway at [[Hong Kong]] [[Kai Tak Airport]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israel-Palestinian conflict]]: [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]] is [[assassination of Yitzhak Rabin|assassinated]] by an extremist Israeli.
*[[2002]] &ndash; Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident [[He Depu]] for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th [[National Congress of the Communist Party of China|Communist Party Congress]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Barack Obama]] becomes the first person of biracial or [[African Americans|African-American]] descent to be [[2008 United States presidential election|elected]] as [[President of the United States]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Aero Caribbean Flight 883]] crashes into [[Guasimal]], Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.
*  2010   &ndash; [[Qantas Flight 32]], an [[Airbus A380]], suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from [[Changi Airport|Singapore]], crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
*[[2015]] &ndash; A cargo plane [[2015 Juba An-12 crash|crashes]] shortly after takeoff from [[Juba International Airport]] in [[Juba]], South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20151104-0|title=Preliminary EY-406 Crash Information|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-southsudan-airplane/plane-crashes-in-south-sudan-witnesses-say-dozens-killed-idUKKCN0ST0QV20151104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103161607/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-southsudan-airplane/plane-crashes-in-south-sudan-witnesses-say-dozens-killed-idUKKCN0ST0QV20151104|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2019|title=Plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed|last1=Dumo|first1=Denis|date=November 3, 2015|website=Reuters|access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; A building [[2015 Lahore factory disaster|collapses]] in the Pakistani city of [[Lahore]] resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
* [[2020]] &ndash; The [[Tigray War]] begins with Tigrayan rebels [[Northern Command attacks (Ethiopia)|launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=Tigray at two years: The world's deadliest war |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/316661/tigray-at-two-years-the-worlds-deadliest-war |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref>