# On this day: November 1

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years), with 60 days left until the end of the year.

## November 1 in one line

Headline entries for November 1, from Wikipedia: in 1755, In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 people; born 1973: Aishwarya Rai, Indian model and actress; died 1903: Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1817). In 2026 it is a Sunday, in 2027 a Monday.

## Events on November 1

- 1141 After Empress Matilda released her rival King Stephen, he in turn released Robert of Gloucester, her strongest supporter, thus prolonging the Anglo-Norman civil war known as The Anarchy. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%2C_King_of_England)
- 1214 Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuq Turks captured the important port city of Sinope. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sinope)
- 1503 Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere is elected Pope and takes the name Julius II. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes)
- 1512 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel)
- 1520 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Magellan)
- 1755 In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake)
- 1800 John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House). [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House)
- 1814 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna)
- 1824 The disposable ship Columbus arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_(1824_ship))
- 1894 Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II)
- 1897 Italian Sport-Club Juventus is founded by a group of students of Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_FC)
- 1905 Lahti, a city in Finland, is granted city rights by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Grand Duke of Finland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II)
- 1914 World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force)
- 1921 Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister in Ireland or Great Britain. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Kyle)
- 1941 American photographer Ansel Adams shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrise%2C_Hernandez%2C_New_Mexico)
- 1944 World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_November_1944_reconnaissance_sortie_over_Japan)
- 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Harry_S._Truman)
- 1954 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War)
- 1956 The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act%2C_1956)
- 1959 After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Plante)
- 1959 Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the Rwandan Revolution. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Revolution)
- 1963 Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_Quang_Tung)
- 1972 Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_on_Tour)
- 1997 Titanic premieres publicly at Tokyo festival, launching a global blockbuster career. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film))
- 1998 Karl Bushby set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, beginning his attempt to walk around the world towards England, a journey that remains ongoing. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby)
- 2000 Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro)
- 2024 A concrete canopy collapses at the Novi Sad railway station, killing 16 people and injuring 3. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Sad_railway_station_canopy_collapse)

## Born on November 1

- 846 Louis the Stammerer, Frankish king (died 879) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Stammerer)
- 1530 Étienne de La Boétie, French philosopher and judge (died 1563) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_de_La_Bo%C3%A9tie)
- 1636 Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (died 1711) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux)
- 1757 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor and educator (died 1822) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Canova)
- 1762 Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1812) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Perceval)
- 1778 Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (died 1837) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_IV_Adolf)
- 1871 Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1900) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Crane)
- 1878 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Saavedra_Lamas)
- 1880 Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (died 1930) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener)
- 1889 Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Noel-Baker)
- 1911 Henri Troyat, French historian and author (died 2007) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Troyat)
- 1924 Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (died 2015) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCleyman_Demirel)
- 1935 Edward Said, Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said)
- 1944 Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2005) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafic_Hariri)
- 1950 Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Laughlin)
- 1960 Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook)
- 1962 Anthony Kiedis, American singer-songwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Kiedis)
- 1963 Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hughes)
- 1973 Aishwarya Rai, Indian model and actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai)
- 1984 Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Krasi%C4%87)
- 1986 Penn Badgley, American actor and television personality [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Badgley)
- 1987 Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_D'Cruz)

## Died on November 1

- 1546 Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (born 1499) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Romano)
- 1700 Charles II of Spain (born 1661) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain)
- 1888 Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (born 1838) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Przhevalsky)
- 1894 Alexander III of Russia (born 1845) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia)
- 1903 Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1817) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Mommsen)
- 1907 Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (born 1873) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jarry)
- 1955 Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (born 1888) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie)
- 1968 Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1888) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios_Papandreou)
- 1972 Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (born 1885) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound)
- 1982 King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Vidor)
- 1993 Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severo_Ochoa)
- 2006 William Styron, American novelist and essayist (born 1925) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Styron)
- 2008 Yma Sumac, Peruvian-American soprano and actress (born 1922/1923) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac)
- 2015 Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (born 1942) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson)

## Holidays and observances

- All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance: Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead)
- Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Algeria)
- Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_harvest_festivals)
- Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh_Rajyotsava)
- Christian feast day: Austromoine [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austromoine)
- Christian feast day: Benignus of Dijon [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benignus_of_Dijon)
- Christian feast day: Caesarius of Africa [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarius_of_Terracina)
- Christian feast day: Santa Muerte (Folk Catholicism, Mexico and Southwestern United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte)
- Christian feast day: November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bhutan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Antigua_and_Barbuda))
- Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka, India) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka_Rajyotsava)
- Kerala Day (Kerala, India) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Day)
- Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands)
- International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennox%E2%80%93Gastaut_syndrome)
- National Brush Day (United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Brush_Day)
- Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day (Japan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day)
- The first day of winter observances: Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calan_Gaeaf)
- The first day of winter observances: Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere)
- World Vegan Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Vegan_Day)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “November 1”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/November 1”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/November_1) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“November 1”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for November 1 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 27 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. The 1755 entry stays as well, and comes first in the one-line summary: we keep a short list, checked by hand, of widely known events that Wikipedia's editors leave out of their selection, usually because the article carries a maintenance notice. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## November 1 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Sunday | 2026-W44 | 🌗 Last Quarter |
| 2027 | Monday | 2027-W44 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2028 | Wednesday | 2028-W44 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2029 | Thursday | 2029-W44 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2030 | Friday | 2030-W44 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on November 1

- [🇵🇭 Philippines](https://whathappen.today/holidays/philippines/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇫🇷 France](https://whathappen.today/holidays/france/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇮🇹 Italy](https://whathappen.today/holidays/italy/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇮🇹 Italy](https://whathappen.today/holidays/italy/): National Unity Day (2026)
- [🇪🇸 Spain](https://whathappen.today/holidays/spain/): All Saints' Day (2027)
- [🇨🇴 Colombia](https://whathappen.today/holidays/colombia/): All Saints' Day (2027)
- [🇨🇱 Chile](https://whathappen.today/holidays/chile/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇵🇪 Peru](https://whathappen.today/holidays/peru/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇵🇹 Portugal](https://whathappen.today/holidays/portugal/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇦🇹 Austria](https://whathappen.today/holidays/austria/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇧🇪 Belgium](https://whathappen.today/holidays/belgium/): All Saints' Day (2026 and 2027)

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