What is November 30?
{{calendar}} {{Day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[3340 BC]] &ndash; Earliest believed record of an [[eclipse]]. * [[1700]] &ndash; [[Battle of Narva]]: A [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[army]] of 8,500 men under [[Charles XII of Sweden]] defeats a much larger [[Russia]]n army at [[Narva]] (present-day [[Estonia]], next to [[Russia]]n border). * [[1707]] &ndash; The [[Second Siege of Pensacola]] comes to an end with the failure of the [[Great Britain|British]] to capture [[Pensacola, Florida]]. * [[1718]] &ndash; [[Charles XII of Sweden]] dies during a [[siege]] of the fortress of Fredriksten, [[Norway]]. * [[1731]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] in [[Beijing]] kills thousands of people. * [[1782]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Treaty of Paris]] – In [[Paris]], representatives of the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain]] sign preliminary [[peace]] agreements – they later become official in the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|1783 Treaty of Paris]]. * [[1786]] &ndash; The Grand Duchy of [[Tuscany]], under the future [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]], becomes the first modern state to ban the [[death penalty]]. * [[1803]] &ndash; In [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], [[Spain|Spanish]] representatives officially transfer [[Louisiana Territory]] to a [[France|French]] representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the [[United States]] as the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. * [[1853]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: [[Battle of Sinop]] – The Imperial [[Russia]]n [[Navy]] under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the [[Ottoman Empire]] fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, present-day [[Turkey]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Franklin, Tennessee]]. * [[1872]] &ndash; The first-ever international [[Football (soccer)|football]] match takes place at [[Hamilton Crescent]], [[Glasgow]] on [[Saint Andrew]]'s Day, between [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[England national football team|England]]. It ends 0–0. * [[1886]] &ndash; The [[Folies Bergere]] in [[Paris]] stages its fi