Historical Events in November || Listed by Year

November rings with battles and firsts. Alexander the Great faces Darius III at Issus, Edward I calls his Model Parliament, and Swiss fighters defeat the Habsburgs at Morgarten. Andrew Ellicott records the Leonid meteor shower, Lincoln proclaims a “day of Thanksgiving,” Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, and decades later, Barack Obama wins the presidency in a historic first. Discover what happened in November's history.