On November 3
On November 3, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: The Tanzimat reforms begin with the Edict of Gülhane (1839).
On this day
On 3 November 1839 the young Sultan Abdülmecid I proclaimed the Hatt-i Sharif of Gülhane (the Noble Edict of the Rose Garden), opening the Tanzimat or 'Reorganisation' era of the Ottoman Empire.
Also this week in history (Oct 31 – Nov 6)
On 31 October 1517 the Augustinian friar and theology professor Martin Luther circulated his Ninety-five Theses at Wittenberg, attacking the sale of indulgences and questioning papal authority over salvation.
On the morning of Saturday, 1 November 1755, the Feast of All Saints, a massive earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7 or greater struck off the coast of Portugal, with its epicentre in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Cape St. Vincent.
On 2 November 1834 the ship Atlas reached Mauritius from Calcutta carrying thirty-six Indian labourers, the pioneer cohort of what became the modern indentured labour system.
On 2 November 1917 British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent a letter to Lord Walter Rothschild, for transmission to the Zionist Federation, stating that the British government viewed 'with favour the establishment in Palestine of a…
On 2 November 1920, Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh transmitted returns from the Harding-Cox presidential election, an event widely cited as the first scheduled broadcast by a licensed commercial radio station.
On 2 November 1936 the British Broadcasting Corporation began the world's first regular, public, high-definition television service from studios at Alexandra Palace in north London.
The Algerian War began on 1 November 1954, when fighters of the National Liberation Front (FLN) launched coordinated attacks across French Algeria in the 'Toussaint Rouge', and ended with Algerian independence on 5 July 1962.
Donald Trump defeated Vice-President Kamala Harris to win a second, non-consecutive term as US president, becoming the 47th president-elect alongside Republican gains in Congress.