Events on 2 November 31
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A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
Year 1675
Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
Year 1868
Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
Year 1899
The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Year 1912
Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
Year 1914
World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
Year 1917
The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
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Birthdays on 2 November 184
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