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1606
Oruro is founded in the Governorate of Charcas, Viceroyalty of Peru.
1683
The English Province of New York is reorganized into counties. Yorkshire is eliminated, its three ridings becoming New York, Westchester, Richmond, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk counties. Cornwall County is recreated to cover all of the Duke of York’s grant in present-day Maine and Québec, including the Pemaquid settlement, which Massachusetts had governed since 1674.
1780
In Virginia, Kentucky County is abolished and divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties.
1833
In Scotland, the Burgh of Leith separates from Edinburgh.
1861
Colorado Territory is divided into 18 counties.
1903
Victoria Jubilee Road opens in British Hong Kong.
1938
The Republic of Poland annexes the Trans-Olza.
1945
Taipei City is restructured as a provincial municipality following the end of Japanese rule over Taiwan.
1971
A KFC restaurant opens in Ukiah, California.
2020
Construction begins on the Jerusalem Light Rail’s Red Line.
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This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on November 1, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on November 1 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.

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We appreciate your help in curating these events from OpenHistoricalMap data. Items should be based on fully qualified start_date=* and end_date=* tags, plus any other metadata tagged on features in OpenHistoricalMap. To the extent possible, the list should feature a wide range of years and include events from different continents.

See also