16th November 1919
Elections are held for the first Belgian Parliament since the Great War. The Socialist and Catholic Parties each hold 70 seats in the Chamber of Representatives but the Catholic Party holds the edge in the Senate.
Hungarian Republic (1919–20): Admiral Miklós Horthy entering Budapest as the head of the National Army on 16 November 1919. He is being greeted by city officials in front of the Hotel Gellért.
Alfred Werner, Swiss Chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913, has passed away.
