Timeline Sunday 1 November 1914

Events on Sunday 1 November 1914 2

• 1914 Battle of Coronel A German squadron hands the Royal Navy its first defeat in a century Admiral Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron sank two outgunned British cruisers off the coast of Chile, killing over 1,600 sailors. It was the first British naval defeat in a major engagement since the Napoleonic era. The loss prompted the dispatch of a stronger squadron that destroyed von Spee's ships weeks later at the Falklands.
• 1914 The Battle of Coronel Off Chile A German squadron sank two British cruisers with no losses, the Royal Navy's first defeat at sea in over a century.