What happened on 3 November?

15 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1918 German Revolution of 1918-19 Sailors mutiny at Kiel; workers' councils across Germany; Kaiser abdicates; Weimar Republic proclaimed.
2. 1534 English Reformation begins Conventional start of English Reformation.
3. 1534 Act of Supremacy (1534) Parliament declares Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England; legislative break with Rome.
4. 1918 Austria-Hungary armistice (Villa Giusti) Habsburg empire's military collapse formalised.
5. 1839 Tanzimat reforms begin Conventional start of Tanzimat reforms.
6. 2002 Erdoğan and the AKP come to power Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party wins a landslide, beginning two decades of dominance that reshaped Turkey at home and abroad.
7. 1953 Tokyo Story released Yasujiro Ozu's quiet film of elderly parents visiting their grown children.
8. 1914 Battle of Tanga Disastrous British landing in German East Africa.
9. 1618 Born: Aurangzeb Last great Mughal emperor whose long, intolerant reign overstretched the empire.
10. 361 Reign of Julian the Apostate Last pagan emperor; tries to reverse Christianisation; killed campaigning against the Sasanians in Mesopotamia.
11. 1640 Long Parliament Parliament summoned by Charles I that effectively governs through Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration; dissolved 1660.
12. 1903 Panama independence and the Canal Zone Backed by the US, Panama secedes from Colombia, granting Washington the zone to build the interoceanic canal.
13. 1954 Godzilla released Japan's monster film, born of nuclear anxiety, launches a global franchise and a new vein of science fiction.
14. 2020 Tigray War A brutal civil war in northern Ethiopia kills an estimated 600,000, among the deadliest conflicts of the century.
15. 1957 Soviet space dog Laika Sputnik 2 carries the first living creature into orbit.