** Dr. Karl Muck, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is arrested under the Alien Enemies Act and imprisoned for the duration of WWI.

** WWI: is torpedoed and sunk off the east coast of Ireland by German submarine U-55 ; 218 of the 223 on board are rescued.

** WWI: Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the Allies.

** British battleship HMS Britannia is sunk by German submarine U-50 off Trafalgar with the loss of around fifty lives, the last major naval engagement of WWI.

** WWI ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies between 5: 12 AM and 5: 20 AM in Marshal Foch ’ s railroad car in Compiègne Forest in France.

** WWI: The Nivelle Offensive commences.

** WWI: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence capture Aqaba from the Turks.

** WWI: A conscription crisis in Canada leads to passage of the Military Service Act.

** WWI: Battle of Passchendaele: After 3 months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.

** WWI: Third Battle of Gaza: United Kingdom forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

** WWI: Action of 17 November 1917: United States Navy destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson capture Imperial German Navy U-boat SM U-58 off the south-west coast of Ireland, the first combat action in which U. S. ships take a submarine ( which is then scuttled ).

** WWI: The battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by a German U-Boat.

** WWI: Off the coast of Chile, the Royal Navy force SMS Dresden to scuttle.

** Harry Patch, British WWI soldier, last Tommy Atkins ( d. 2009 )

** WWI Document Archive > St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Certain Explosive Projectiles

** Battle of Placentia — Emperor Aurelian is defeated by the Alemanni forces invading Italy

** Battle of Fano — Aurelian defeats the Alemanni, who begin to retreat from Italy

** Battle of Pavia — Aurelian destroys the retreating Alemanni army.

** Battle of Lingones — Caesar Constantius Chlorus defeats the Alemanni

** Battle of Vindonissa — Constantius again defeats the Alemanni

** Battle of Albert ( 1914 )

** Battle of Albert ( 1916 )

** Battle of Albert ( 1918 )

** The Battle of Marathon by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( 1820 )

** Lazarica or Battle of Kosovo by Joksim Nović-Otočanin ( 1847 )

** The Battle of Harpers Ferry ( September 12 – 15, 1862 ), a battle in the American Civil War that took place around what is now Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

** Battle of Marathon

** Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain and Operation Sea Lion, GDW ( 1982 ), boardgame: part of GDW's Europa system.

** Battle of Pagan in 1287, Mongol defeat of Pagan Kingdom

** Battle of Sedan ( 1870 ), 2 September 1870

** Battle of Sedan ( 1940 ), 12 – 15 May 1940

** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port

** The Battle of Trenton, New Jersey

** The Second Battle of Trenton

** Germany faces the United Kingdom in the Battle of Britain ( 1940 ).

** Sri Lankan civil war – Battle of Pooneryn: Over 400 Sri Lankan military are killed.

** Chinese communist troops fail to take Quemoy in the Battle of Kuningtou ; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.

** The Great War battalions: Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 ' 18, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres 1914 ' 17 ' 18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 ' 18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 ' 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 ' 18, Arleux, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 ' 18, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Hazebrouck, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Tardenois, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell ' Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-17

** ( A26 ) Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims

** France and Flanders: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914-18, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914-17, Langemarck 1914-17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915 Loos, Somme 1916-18, Albert 1916-18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Bapaume 1917-18, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Arleux, Bullecourt, Hill 70, Messines 1917-18, Ypres1917-18, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcapelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917-18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Kortrijk, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18

** Western Front: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915 17 ' 18, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Somme 1916 ' 18, Albert 1916 ' 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 ' 18, 1917 ' 18, Scarpe 1917, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Kemmel, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18

** Western Front: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 1917, La Bassée, Armentieres, Langemarck 1914-17, Gheluvelt, Battle of Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Battle of Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916-17, Albert 1916-1918, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 1918, Bapaume 1917 1918, Arras 1917-1918, Battle of the Scarpe 1917 & 1918, Arleux, Bullecourt, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 and 1918, St Quentin, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Bailleul, Kemmel, Bethune, Scherpenberg, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Epéhy, Canal du Nord, Battle of the St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18

** The Queen's Colours: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 ' 15 ' 17 ' 18, Hill 60, Festubert 1915, Somme 1916 ' 18, Albert 1916 ' 18, Arras 1917 ' 18, Cambrai 1917 ' 18, Hindenburg Line, Italy 1917-18, Doiran 1917-18, Landing at Helles, Gaza, Jerusalem, Palestine 1917-18, Kut al Amara 1915 ' 17, Mesopotamia 1915-18, North West Frontier India 1915 1916-17, Dunkirk 1940, Normandy Landing, Caen, Rhine, North-West Europe 1944-45, Abyssinia 1941, El Alamein, Tebourba Gap, Hunt's Gap, Longstop Hill 1943, North Africa 1940-43, Sicily 1943, Salerno, Anzio, Cassino, Gothic Line, Italy 1943-45, Malta 1940-42, Malaya 1941-42, Hong Kong, Defence of Kohima, Burma 1943-45

** The Great War battalions: Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 ' 18, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres 1914 ' 17 ' 18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 ' 18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 ' 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 ' 18, Arleux, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 ' 18, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Hazebrouck, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Tardenois, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell ' Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-17

** Volume III: The Battle of Cambrai, Captain Wilfrid Miles, 1948

** Mons ; Retreat from Mons ; Marne 1914, 18 ; Aisne 1914, 18 ; Messines 1914, 17, 18 ; Ypres 1914, 15, 17, 18 ; Neuve Chapelle ; Loos ; Somme 1916, 18 ; Arras 1917, 18 ; Scarpe 1917, 18 ; Cambrai 1917, 18 ; Lys ; Hindenburg Line ; Vittorio Veneto ; Macedonia 1915-18 ; Sari Bair ; Gallipoli 1915-16 ; Megiddo ; Kut al Amara 1917 ; Baghdad ; Kilimanjaro ; Dunkirk ; Normandy Landing ; Falaise ; Arnhem 1944 ; Lower Maas ; Ourthe ; Reichswald ; Defence of Habbaniya ; Tobruk 1941 ; Madagascar ; Gueriat el Atach Ridge ; Landing in Sicily ; Anzio ; Cassino II ; Malta 1940-42 ; Singapore Island ; Chindits 1943 ; North Arakan ; Chindits 1944 ; Imphal ; Kohima ; Nyaungu Bridgehead ; Burma 1943-45

** Mons ; Marne 1914, 18 ; Aisne 1914, 18 ; Armentieres 1914 ; Ypres 1914, 15, 17, 18 ; Hill 60 ; Loos ; Somme 1916, 18 ; Arras 1917, 18 ; Cambrai 1917, 18 ; Lys ; Tardenois ; Selle ; Valenciennes ; Piave ; Vittoria Veneto ; Doiran 1917 ; Suvla ; Gallipoli 1915 ; Norway 1940 ; Dunkirk ; St Valery en Caux ; Normandy Landing ; Odon ; Fontenay le Pesnil ; Schaddenhof ; NW Europe 1940, 44 – 45 ; Keren ; Gazala ; El Alamein ; Mareth ; Akarit ; Djebel Bou Aoukaz 1943 ; Sicily 1943 ; Minturno ; Anzio ; Monte Ceco ; Sittang 1942, 45 ; Pegu 1942 ; Defence of Sinweya ; Imphal ; Meiktila ; Burma 1942 – 45

** Western Front: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 ' 15, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 ' 18, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Cambrai 1917 and 1918, St Quentin, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Hazebrouk, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914 – 18

** Western Front: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 -' 17, Langemarck 1914 ' 17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Hooge 1915, Loos, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916 ' 18, Albert 1916 ' 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Poziéres, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Bapaume 1917 ' 18, Arras 1917, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, Arleux, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcapelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 and 1918, St Quentin, Rosiéres, Avre, Lys, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Hindenburg Line, Havrincort, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, France and Flanders 1914-18

** René-François Régnier, Archbishop of Cambrai ( France )

** 20 November-The Battle of Cambrai begins ; sees the first large-scale use of tanks.

** First World War: Somme 1916 – 1918, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Passchendaele, Bapaume 1918, Cambrai 1918, ANZAC, France and Flanders 1916 – 18, Gallipoli, Egypt 1915 – 16, Galatas

** Raoul de Cambrai ( end of the 12th century )