WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. NOVEMBER
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Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. (4. November 1429)

Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry. (4. November 1501)

Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed). (4. November 1576)

The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary. (4. November 1677)

The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated. (4. November 1737)

Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui aka Tupac Amaru starts his Rebellion on Peru against Spain- (4. November 1780)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria. (4. November 1783)

The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash. (4. November 1791)

Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu. (4. November 1798)

Newport Rising: the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. (4. November 1839)

Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. (4. November 1847)

Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy. (4. November 1852)

The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University. (4. November 1861)

American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material. (4. November 1864)

Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War. (4. November 1868)

City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. (4. November 1890)

World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy. (4. November 1918)

The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as "brownshirts", physically assault Adolf Hitler's opposition after his speech in Munich. (4. November 1921)

Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. (4. November 1921)

The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome. (4. November 1921)

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