WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1917
Find out what all happened November to December 1917

World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium. (6. November 1917)

Joseph Stalin enters the provisional government of Bolshevik Russia. (9. November 1917)

The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. (8. November 1917)

World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins – British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back. (20. November 1917)

October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date). (5. November 1917)

The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia. (28. November 1917)

World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin. (2. December 1917)

World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. (25. November 1917)

Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. (6. December 1917)

World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law. (11. December 1917)

Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded. (20. December 1917)

St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. (5. November 1917)

World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem. (9. December 1917)

World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary. (7. December 1917)

Ukraine is declared a republic. (20. November 1917)

In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. (12. December 1917)

The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. (2. November 1917)

World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. (7. November 1917)

The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace. (7. November 1917)

Finland declares independence from Russia. (6. December 1917)