November 1 facts for kids

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 60 days remain until the end of the year.

November 1st is a day filled with many important events throughout history, from ancient battles to modern discoveries. It's a day when famous artworks were first shown, new countries were formed, and important inventions changed the world. Let's explore some of the exciting things that happened on this date!

Historic Events

Early History (Before 1600)

• 365 – The Alemanni people crossed the Rhine River and invaded Gaul (modern-day France). Emperor Valentinian I moved to Paris to lead his army and protect the cities.
• 996 – Emperor Otto III signed a document that is the oldest known record using the name Ostarrîchi, which is an old name for Austria.
• 1009 – Berber forces, led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, defeated the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in a battle at Alcolea.
• 1141 – Empress Matilda's time as 'Lady of the English' ended. Stephen of Blois became 'King of England' again.
• 1179 – Philip II was crowned as 'King of France'.
• 1214 – The port city of Sinope surrendered to the Seljuq Turks.
• 1348 – The Union of Valencia attacked Jewish people in Murviedro. They claimed the Jews were "royalists" because they were linked to the King of Valencia.
• 1503 – Pope Julius II was chosen as the new Pope.
• 1512 – The amazing ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, was shown to the public for the first time.
• 1520 – The Strait of Magellan was discovered and sailed through by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan. This passage connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at the tip of South America. It was part of the first recorded circumnavigation (sailing around the world).
• 1555 – French Huguenots (Protestants) started the France Antarctique colony in what is now Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1570 – The All Saints' Flood caused great damage along the Dutch coast.

Later History (1601–1900)

• 1604 – William Shakespeare's famous play Othello was performed for the first time at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1611 – Another of Shakespeare's plays, The Tempest, was also performed for the first time at Whitehall Palace.
• 1612 – During a difficult time in Russia called the Time of Troubles, Polish troops were forced out of Moscow by Russian soldiers led by Dmitry Pozharsky.
• 1683 – The British colony of New York was divided into 12 counties.
• 1688 – William III of Orange sailed from the Netherlands to take the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland from King James II. This event was part of the Glorious Revolution.
• 1755 – The city of Lisbon, Portugal, was completely destroyed by a huge earthquake and tsunami. Between 40,000 and 60,000 people lost their lives.
• 1765 – The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. This law put taxes on the Thirteen Colonies in America to help pay for British military costs.
• 1790 – Edmund Burke published his book Reflections on the Revolution in France. In it, he predicted that the French Revolution would end badly.
• 1800 – John Adams became the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion, which was later named the White House.
• 1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
• 1814 – The Congress of Vienna began. Its goal was to redraw the map of Europe after France's defeat in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women opened. It was called Boston Female Medical School.
• 1861 – During the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appointed George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army. He replaced General Winfield Scott.
• 1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (now the National Weather Service) made its first official weather forecast.
• 1893 – The Battle of Bembezi took place. It was a very important victory for the British in the First Matabele War.
• 1894 – Nicholas II became the new and last Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, passed away.
• 1894 – Buffalo Bill, 15 Native Americans, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison at his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
• 1897 – The first Library of Congress building opened to the public. Before this, the library was inside the U.S. Capitol building.
• 1897 – The Italian football club Sport-Club Juventus was founded by a group of students.

Modern History (1901–Present)

• 1905 – Lahti, a city in Finland, was granted city rights by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
• 1911 – The world's first combat aerial bombing mission happened in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti from Italy dropped several small bombs.
• 1914 – World War I: The British Royal Navy suffered its first defeat against Germany in the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile. Two ships, HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth, were lost.
• 1914 – World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) sailed in a large group of ships from Albany, Western Australia, heading for Egypt.
• 1916 – In Russia, Pavel Milyukov gave a famous speech in the State Duma that helped lead to the government's downfall.
• 1918 – World War I: Two Italian naval officers bravely sank the enemy battleship SMS Viribus Unitis in the Austro-Hungarian port of Pula using a special torpedo.
• 1918 – The Malbone Street Wreck occurred in Brooklyn, New York City. It was the worst rapid transit accident in U.S. history, with at least 102 deaths.
• 1918 – Western Ukraine became separate from Austria-Hungary.
• 1922 – The Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, gave up his power.
• 1923 – The Finnish airline Aero O/Y, now known as Finnair, was founded.
• 1928 – Turkey adopted the Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• 1938 – The famous racehorse Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an exciting race known as "the match of the century."
• 1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams took his famous picture of a moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico. It became one of the most well-known photos ever.
• 1942 – World War II: The Matanikau Offensive began during the Guadalcanal Campaign. It ended three days later with an American victory.
• 1943 – World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, U.S. Marines, landed on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. This led to a naval battle called the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
• 1944 – World War II: British Army units landed at Walcheren.
• 1945 – The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, was first published.
• 1948 – Athenagoras I became the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1949 – All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 died when their plane crashed in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia.
• 1950 – Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo tried to harm U.S. President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• 1951 – Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers were exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training.
• 1952 – Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully set off Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device (a hydrogen bomb), at the Eniwetok atoll. It was a very powerful explosion.
• 1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fired the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
• 1955 – The start of American involvement in the Vietnam conflict began with the setting up of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam.
• 1956 – The Indian states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore were officially created.
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announced Hungary's neutrality and its departure from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops began to re-enter Hungary.
• 1956 – The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia, killed 39 miners.
• 1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, which was the world's longest suspension bridge at the time, opened. It connects Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• 1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever built, officially opened.
• 1963 – The 1963 South Vietnamese coup began.
• 1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system was officially introduced, with ratings like G, M, R, and X.
• 1970 – The Club Cinq-Sept fire in France killed 146 young people.
• 1973 – Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski was appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• 1973 – The Indian state of Mysore was renamed Karnataka.
• 1979 – In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch carried out a coup d'état against the government.
• 1979 – Griselda Álvarez became the first female governor of a state in Mexico.
• 1981 – Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1982 – Honda became the first Asian car company to make cars in the United States. Their factory opened in Marysville, Ohio.
• 1984 – After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, anti-Sikh riots started.
• 1987 – A British Rail Class 43 (HST) train set a speed record of 238 km/h for rail vehicles that carry their own fuel.
• 1991 – President of the Chechen Republic Dzhokhar Dudayev declared that the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was independent from the Russian Federation.
• 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty officially created the European Union.
• 2000 – Chhattisgarh officially became the 26th state of India.
• 2000 – Serbia and Montenegro joined the United Nations.
• 2001 – Turkey, Australia, and Canada agreed to send troops to the invasion of Afghanistan.
• 2011 – Mario Draghi became the third president of the European Central Bank.

Famous Births

Born Before 1900

• 846 – Louis the Stammerer, a Frankish king.
• 1339 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria.
• 1351 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria.
• 1499 – Rodrigo of Aragon, an Italian noble.
• 1512 – Andrew Corbet, an English politician.
• 1526 – Catherine Jagiellon, who became queen of John III of Sweden.
• 1530 – Étienne de La Boétie, a French philosopher.
• 1585 – Jan Brożek, a Polish mathematician and astronomer.
• 1596 – Pietro da Cortona, an Italian painter.
• 1609 – Matthew Hale, a Lord Chief Justice of England.
• 1625 – Oliver Plunkett, an Irish archbishop and saint.
• 1636 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, a French poet.
• 1661 – Louis, Grand Dauphin, who was next in line to the throne of France.
• 1757 – Antonio Canova, a famous Italian sculptor.
• 1762 – Spencer Perceval, an English politician who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1778 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.
• 1808 – John Taylor, an English-American religious leader.
• 1831 – Harry Atkinson, an English-New Zealand politician who became Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 1838 – The 11th Dalai Lama.
• 1847 – Emma Albani, a Canadian-English opera singer.
• 1848 – Caroline Still Anderson, an American physician and abolitionist.
• 1849 – William Merritt Chase, an American painter.
• 1871 – Stephen Crane, an American poet and novelist.
• 1878 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, an Argentinian politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1880 – Alfred Wegener, a German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift.
• 1887 – L.S. Lowry, an English painter known for his industrial scenes.
• 1889 – Hannah Höch, a German painter and photographer.
• 1889 – Philip Noel-Baker, an English politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Born After 1900

• 1902 – Nordahl Grieg, a Norwegian journalist and author.
• 1904 – Laura LaPlante, an American silent film actress.
• 1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas, a Canadian-French painter.
• 1915 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, an American painter and educator who helped start the DuSable Museum of African American History.
• 1918 – Ken Miles, an English-American race car driver.
• 1919 – Hermann Bondi, an English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist.
• 1920 – James J. Kilpatrick, an American journalist.
• 1922 – George S. Irving, an American actor.
• 1923 – Victoria de los Ángeles, a Spanish opera singer.
• 1924 – Süleyman Demirel, a Turkish engineer and politician who became the 9th President of Turkey.
• 1926 – Betsy Palmer, an American actress.
• 1927 – Marcel Ophüls, a German documentary filmmaker.
• 1935 – Gary Player, a famous South African golfer.
• 1935 – Edward Said, a Palestinian-American writer and academic.
• 1937 – Bill Anderson, an American country music singer.
• 1942 – Larry Flynt, an American publisher.
• 1942 – Ralph Klein, a Canadian journalist and politician.
• 1942 – Marcia Wallace, an American actress and comedian.
• 1944 – Rafic Hariri, a Lebanese businessman and politician who became Prime Minister of Lebanon.
• 1944 – Bobby Heenan, an American wrestler and manager.
• 1946 – Yuko Shimizu, a Japanese graphic designer who created Hello Kitty.
• 1947 – Jim Steinman, an American songwriter and producer.
• 1949 – David Foster, a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer.
• 1950 – Mitch Kapor, an American computer programmer who founded Lotus Software.
• 1950 – Robert B. Laughlin, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1957 – Lyle Lovett, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1958 – Rachel Ticotin, an American actress.
• 1959 – Susanna Clarke, an English author.
• 1960 – Tim Cook, the current CEO of Apple Inc..
• 1960 – Fernando Valenzuela, a Mexican baseball player.
• 1962 – Sharron Davies, an English swimmer.
• 1962 – Anthony Kiedis, an American singer.
• 1963 – Rick Allen, an English musician.
• 1963 – Mark Hughes, a Welsh footballer and manager.
• 1967 – Tina Arena, an Australian singer and actress.
• 1972 – Toni Collette, an Australian actress.
• 1972 – Jenny McCarthy, an American actress and model.
• 1973 – Aishwarya Rai, an Indian model and actress.
• 1974 – V. V. S. Laxman, an Indian cricketer.
• 1978 – Helen Czerski, an English physicist and oceanographer.
• 1984 – Natalia Tena, an English actress and musician.
• 1986 – Penn Badgley, an American actor.
• 1996 – Jeongyeon, a South Korean singer.
• 1997 – Max Burkholder, an American actor.

Notable Deaths

Died Before 1900

• 934 – Beornstan of Winchester, an English bishop.
• 1038 – Herman I, Margrave of Meissen.
• 1296 – Guillaume Durand, a French bishop.
• 1391 – Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy.
• 1399 – John IV, Duke of Brittany.
• 1406 – Joanna, Duchess of Brabant.
• 1461 – David of Trebizond.
• 1496 – Filippo Buonaccorsi, an Italian writer.
• 1546 – Giulio Romano, an Italian painter and architect.
• 1588 – Jean Daurat, a French poet.
• 1629 – Hendrick ter Brugghen, a Dutch painter.
• 1642 – Jean Nicolet, a French-Canadian explorer.
• 1678 – William Coddington, the first Governor of Rhode Island.
• 1700 – Charles II of Spain.
• 1888 – Nikolay Przhevalsky, a Russian geographer and explorer.
• 1894 – Alexander III of Russia, a Russian Tsar.

Died After 1900

• 1903 – Theodor Mommsen, a German archaeologist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1907 – Alfred Jarry, a French author.
• 1920 – Kevin Barry, an Irish Republican.
• 1925 – Max Linder, a French actor and comedian.
• 1938 – Charles Weeghman, an American businessman.
• 1942 – Hugo Distler, a German composer.
• 1952 – Dixie Lee, an American singer.
• 1955 – Dale Carnegie, an American author and educator.
• 1958 – Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, a Turkish poet.
• 1962 – Ricardo Rodríguez, a Mexican race car driver.
• 1968 – Georgios Papandreou, a Greek politician who was Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1972 – Ezra Pound, an American poet.
• 1982 – James Broderick, an American actor.
• 1982 – King Vidor, an American film director.
• 1987 – René Lévesque, a Canadian journalist and politician.
• 1993 – Severo Ochoa, a Spanish-American biochemist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1996 – J. R. Jayewardene, the second President of Sri Lanka.
• 1999 – Walter Payton, a famous American football player.
• 2004 – Mac Dre, an American rapper.
• 2006 – Adrienne Shelly, an American actress and director.
• 2006 – William Styron, an American novelist.
• 2007 – Paul Tibbets, an American general.
• 2008 – Jacques Piccard, a Swiss oceanographer.
• 2008 – Yma Sumac, a Peruvian-American singer.
• 2012 – Mitch Lucker, an American singer.
• 2014 – Jackie Fairweather, an Australian runner.
• 2015 – Fred Thompson, an American actor and politician.
• 2022 – Takeoff, a member of the American hip-hop group Migos.

Holidays and Celebrations

• All Saints' Day: A special day for many Christians, especially in historically Catholic countries.
  • Day of the Innocents: The first day of the Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos) celebration in Mexico and Haiti.
• Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria): Celebrates the start of the Algerian War of Independence.
• Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma): A harvest festival.
• Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India): Celebrates the formation of the state of Chhattisgarh.
• Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan): Celebrates the crowning of Bhutan's fifth king.
• Independence Day (Antigua and Barbuda): Celebrates when Antigua and Barbuda became independent from the United Kingdom in 1981.
• Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka, India): Celebrates the formation of the state of Karnataka.
• Kerala Day (Kerala, India): Celebrates the formation of the state of Kerala.
• Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands): A public holiday.
• International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day: A day to raise awareness for this medical condition.
• National Brush Day (United States): A day to encourage good dental hygiene.
• National Awakening Day (Bulgaria): A day to celebrate Bulgarian national heroes and cultural figures.
• Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day (Japan): A day to honor Japan's military forces.
• First day of winter observances:
  • Calan Gaeaf (Wales): Celebrations begin the evening before.
  • Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Celebrations begin the evening before.
• World Vegan Day: A day to promote veganism.

See also

In Spanish: 1 de noviembre para niños