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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[284]] &ndash; [[Diocletian]] becomes Roman Emperor. * [[1194]] &ndash; [[Palermo]] is conquered by [[Emperor Henry VI]]. * [[1272]] &ndash; Following [[Henry III of England]]'s death on [[November 16]], his son [[Edward I of England|Prince Edward]] becomes [[King of England]]. * [[1316]] &ndash; King [[John I of France]] dies at the age of only 5 days old. * [[1695]] &ndash; [[Zumbi]], the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in [[Brazil]], is executed by the forces of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] bandeirante [[Domingos Jorge Velho]]. * [[1739]] &ndash; Start of the [[Battle of Porto Bello]] between [[Great Britain|British]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] forces during the [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces land at the [[Palisades]] and then attack Fort Lee. The [[Continental Army]] starts to retreat across [[New Jersey]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[New Jersey]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to ratify the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]]. * [[1805]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s only [[opera]], [[Fidelio]], is performed for the first time in [[Vienna]]. * [[1820]] &ndash; An 80–[[ton]] [[sperm whale]] attacks the ship ''Essex'', 2,000 [[mile]]s from the west coast of [[South America]]. * [[1845]] &ndash; [[Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata]]: [[Battle of Vuelta de Obligado]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Secession Ordinance]] is filed by [[Kentucky]]'s Confederate Governor. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1902]] &ndash; [[Henri Desgrange]] and fellow journalist Géo Lefèvre dream up the idea of the [[Tour de France]] over lunch at the Cafe de Madrid in [[Paris]]. * [[1910]] &ndash; From exile in [[Texas]], [[Francisco I. Madero]] calls for a [[Revolution]] against the rule of [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[President]] [[Porfirio Díaz]], starting the Mexican Revolution. * [[1917]] &ndash; [[Ukraine]] is declared a republic. * [[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of