November 1 in History

  1993

European Union established

ends   1991

Palestinian uprising against Israel

  1981

Antigua & Barbuda independent

starts   1968

PLO–Jordanian clashes in northern Jordan*

  1965

Tax revolt marks start of civil war in Chad

starts   1959

Hutus overthrow Tutsi monarchy in Rwanda

  1954

National Liberation Front begins Algerian War of Independence

  1949

Dutch agree to transfer sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia

starts   1945

Jews mount insurgency against British in Palestine

  1943

US lands at Cape Torokina, Bougainville

starts   1943

British reinvade Arakan

ends   1931

Ma family intervene in Xinjiang to help Kumul

ends   1922

Japanese troops withdraw from Manchuria.

ends   1922

Khilafat Movement in India

  1922

Ottoman Sultanate abolished

starts   1918

Banat temporarily independent

  1914

German East Asia Squadron defeats British off Coronel, Chile

starts   1856

Anglo-Persian War

starts   1850

Austria, Bavaria, and Prusssia invade Electorate of Hesse

  1842

Chatham Islands annexed to New Zealand

starts   1814

Congress of Vienna redraws map of Europe

ends   1812

Russia decisively defeats Persia at Aslanduz

ends   451

Council of Chalcedon reasserts Council of Ephesus

starts   299

Galerius defeats Marcomanni and Sarmatians*

ends   270

Saba’ defeats Hadramawt in war*

starts   270

Romans briefly retake Egypt*

starts   47

Romans defeat Iceni and Caratacus*