About November 1
November 1, 2025 is the 305th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 108 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 1
- 996 –Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
- 1179 –Philip II is crowned King of France.
- 1555 –French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1688 –William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to invade England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
- 1755 –Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
- 1765 –The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
- 1859 –The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
- 1876 –New Zealand’s provincial government system is dissolved.
- 1894 –Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
- 1901 –Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
- 1914 –World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
- 1916 –Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
- 1918 –Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
- 1918 –Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 1922 –The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
- 1938 –Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed “the match of the century” in horse racing.
- 1939 –The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
- 1942 –Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
- 1955 –The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
- 1968 –The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
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