November
On this day in November:
- 1st November 1936; the protest marchers of the Jarrow Crusade arrive in London.
- 6th November 1981; official opening of the Queen Elizabeth II bridge over the Tyne, by the Queen.
- 7th November 1728: Captain James Cook born in Marton, Middlesbrough
- 10th November 1831: death of Jack Crawford 'hero of Camperdown'; second victim of the cholera epidemic in Sunderland.
- 11th November 1918; end of the First World War.
- 12th November 2015: opening of the reconstructed St Helen's Church of Eston by the Bishop of Durham at Beamish Museum.
- 13th November 1093; Battle of Alnwick in which Malcolm III of Scotland was killed.
- 13th November 1967; Martin Luther King awarded an honorary degree at Newcastle University.
- 14th November 1569; Durham city and Cathedral captured during the Rebelion of the Northern Earls.
- 14th November 1882: engineering firm Armstrong, Mitchell and Co formed by the merger of W. G. Armstrong and Co with Charles Mitchell Co.
- 14th November 1968: official opening of Newcastle Civic Centre by HM King Olav V of Norway.
- 16th November 1937: opening of the Wallaw Cinema in Blyth
- 17th Nov 1852: opening of the Alston to Haltwhistle branch of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway
- 17th of November 1771; the old Tyne Bridge damaged by floods.
- 17th November 1868; Tyneside oarsman James Renforth became World Sculling Champion.
- 17th November 1989: Eldon Gardon Shopping Centre opened by Princess Margaret.
- 17th November 1991; opening of the Tyne and Wear Metro extension to Newcastle Airport.
- 18th November 1772: Bessie Surtees eloped with John Scott, who later became Lord Chancellor
- 21st November 2011; reopening of 1st Tyne Tunnel after refurbishement, with 2 tunnels in operation for the first time.
- 22nd November 1830; Charles, 2nd Earl Grey becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- 24th November 1815; birth of Grace Darling in Bamburgh; famous for rescuing survivors of a ship wrecked off the Farne Islands.
- 24th November 1864 storm: 5 ships wrecked on the Black Middens Rocks, Tynemouth
- 24th of November 1899; a fire destroyed the interior of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle.
- 25th November 1861; Charles Dickens performs at the King's Arms Assembly Rooms, Berwick
- 25th November 1966: closure of Chopwell Collierly, which had been established in 1781.
- 29th November 1845: Great Boat-Race On The Tyne - Clasper vs Pocock
- 29th November 1917: first public opening of the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead.
