The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France. Date: November 26, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. Date: November 25, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. Date: November 24, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅…
World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back. Date: November 20, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia. Date: November 15, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz. Date: November 13,…
The Balfour Declaration is published in The Times newspaper. Date: November 9, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Date: November 8, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. Date: November 7, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace. Date: November 7, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This…