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Historical Events in November 1820

  • Nov 3 Cuenca (Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca), Ecuador, declares independence
  • Nov 18 Antarctica sighted by US Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer
  • Nov 20 Whaling ship Essex attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific, only eight of the 20 crew men eventually survive (through cannibalism). Inspiration for the novel "Moby-Dick"