WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. NOVEMBER
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The Alamanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. (1. November 365)

Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German). (1. November 996)

Empress Matilda's reign as 'Lady of the English' ends with Stephen of Blois regaining the title of King of England. (1. November 1141)

Philip II is crowned King of France. (1. November 1179)

The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks. (1. November 1214)

The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists". (1. November 1348)

Pope Julius II is elected. (1. November 1503)

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. (1. November 1512)

The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. (1. November 1520)

French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (1. November 1555)

The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast. (1. November 1570)

William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London. (1. November 1604)

William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London. (1. November 1611)

(22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky (1. November 1612)

The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties. (1. November 1683)

William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution. (1. November 1688)

In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people. (1. November 1755)

The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America. (1. November 1765)

Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster. (1. November 1790)

John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House). (1. November 1800)