Editing November 21 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Plymouth Colony]] [[List of Mayflower passengers|settlers]] sign the [[Mayflower Compact]] ([[November 11]], [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]])
*[[1676]] &ndash; The Danish [[astronomer]] [[Ole Rømer]] [[Rømer's determination of the speed of light|presents]] the first quantitative [[measurement]]s of the [[speed of light]].
*[[1783]] &ndash; In Paris, [[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier]] and [[François Laurent d'Arlandes]] make the first untethered [[hot air balloon]] flight.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[North Carolina]] ratifies the [[United States Constitution]] and is admitted as the 12th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina Becomes the Twelfth State {{!}} NC DNCR |url=https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/11/21/north-carolina-becomes-twelfth-state |website=www.dncr.nc.gov |language=en |date=21 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; Mutineers [[mutiny of Cambiazo|take control]] of the Chilean [[penal colony]] of [[Punta Arenas]] in the [[Strait of Magellan]].<ref name=Nagel>{{Citation| last  = Nagel Behnke| first = Harold| title = Capitán de fragata Benjamín Muñoz Gamero (1817–1851)| journal = [[Revista de Marina]]| volume  = 6| issue   = | year    = 1994| pages   = 1–8| url     = http://revistamarina.cl/revistas/1994/6/nagel.pdf| language = Spanish}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] President [[Jefferson Davis]] appoints [[Judah Benjamin]] Secretary of War.
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] announces his invention of the [[phonograph]], a machine that can record and play sound.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Port Arthur, China]], [[Battle of Lushunkou|falls to the Japanese]], a decisive victory of the [[First Sino-Japanese War]]; Japanese troops are accused of [[Port Arthur massacre (China)|massacring]] the remaining inhabitants.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Claude Monet]]'s paintings shown at Gallery Durand-Ruel in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=21|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>