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On November 4, 512: Following Byzantine emperor Anastasius' deposition of Chalcedonian patriarchs and attempts to make Monophysite changes to liturgy, riots break out in Constantinople with a mob trying to proclaim Areobindus as emperor.

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Following Byzantine emperor Anastasius' deposition of Chalcedonian patriarchs and attempts to make Monophysite changes to liturgy, riots break out in Constantinople with a mob trying to proclaim Areobindus as emperor.

The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers or rebels who claimed the imperial title.

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Born on November 4

Darja Varfolomeev 2006– German rhythmic gymnast
Tyrese Maxey 2000– American basketball player (born 2000)
Sun Yingsha 2000– Chinese table tennis player
Achraf Hakimi 1998– Morocco international footballer (born 1998)
Kaitlin Hawayek 1996– American ice dancer (born 1996)
Michael Christian Martinez 1996– Filipino figure skater (born 1996)
John Olive 1996– Australian rugby league footballer
Eric Paschall 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Billy Stanlake 1994– Australian cricketer
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Ce'Aira Brown 1993– American middle-distance runner
Elisabeth Seitz 1993– German artistic gymnast
Taylor Tomlinson 1993– American stand-up comedian (b. 1993)
Yurii Bieliaiev 1992– Belarusian ice dancer
Hiroki Nakada 1992– Japanese footballer
Julian Wießmeier 1992– German footballer (born 1992)
Alon Day 1991– Israeli racing driver (born 1991)
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 1991– Dutch tennis player
Jean-Luc Bilodeau 1990– Canadian actor (born 1990)

People

Died on November 4

Bernard Marcus American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1929–2024)
Murray Sinclair Canadian lawyer and politician (1951–2024)
Akbar Golpayegani Iranian singer (1934–2023)
Ken Hensley English musician (1945–2020)
Gay Byrne Irish television and radio presenter (1934–2019)
Isabel Granada Filipina actress and singer
Ned Romero American actor and opera singer
Catherine Davani Papua New Guinean judge
Mansour Pourheidari Iranian footballer and coach (1946–2016)
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Piotr Domaradzki Polish-American journalist (1946–2015)
René Girard French anthropologist and philosopher (1923–2015)
Károly Horváth Musical artist
Lee Robinson American mayor
Enrique Olivera Argentine politician (1940–2014)
George Edgar Slusser American journalist (1939–2014)
S. Donald Stookey American inventor and materials scientist (1915–2014)
John D. Hawk American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Leonid Stolovich Russian-Estonian philosopher

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Every November 4 on record

  1. 512 Following Byzantine emperor Anastasius' deposition of Chalcedonian patriarchs and attempts to make Monophysite changes to liturgy, riots break out in Constantinople with a mob trying to proclaim Areobindus as emperor.

    The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers or rebels who claimed the imperial title.

  2. 1354 War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.

    1350–1355 war between Venice and Genoa

    The War of the Straits or Third Genoese–Venetian War was a conflict fought between the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa, and their allies, in 1350–1355. The third in a series of conflicts between the two major Italian maritime republics, the war resulted from the intense commercial and political rivalry over access to the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. The main immediate events that precipitated the war were the conflicts over Caffa and Tanais in the northern Black Sea, control of passage through the Bosporus straits—whence the conflict received its name—and the seizure of Chios and Phocaea by the Genoese.

  3. 1429 Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.

    French dynastic war from 1407 to 1435

    The Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War was a conflict between two cadet branches of the French royal family: the House of Orléans and the House of Burgundy from 1407 to 1435. It began during a lull in the Hundred Years' War against the English and overlapped with the Western Schism of the papacy.

  4. 1493 Christopher Columbus reaches the Leeward Islands.

    Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)

    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.

  5. 1501 Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.

    Queen of England from 1509 to 1533

    Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England as the first wife of Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She had previously been Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales for a short time before his death.

  6. 1576 Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (which is nearly destroyed after three days).
  7. 1677 The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
  8. 1737 The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
  9. 1780 The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
  10. 1783 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
  11. 1791 Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
  12. 1798 The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu begins.
  13. 1839 Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
  14. 1847 Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
  15. 1852 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
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  1. 1864 American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville.
  2. 1868 Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
  3. 1890 City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
  4. 1918 World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
  5. 1921 The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
  6. 1921 Japanese prime minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
  7. 1922 In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  8. 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
  9. 1936 Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government.
  10. 1939 World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
  11. 1942 World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
  12. 1944 World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
  13. 1944 World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
  14. 1952 The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
  15. 1956 Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

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