November 5Birthdays & History

On this day: November 5 in history

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1. 1009Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish.Middle East
2. 1138Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.Asia
3. 1499The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.Europe
4. 1556Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar.Asia
5. 1605Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England.Europe
6. 1688Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland).Europe
7. 1757Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.Europe
8. 1768The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.Asia
9. 1780French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.EuropeNorth America
10. 1811Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.Latin America
11. 1828Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.EuropeMiddle East
12. 1834Founding of the Free University of Brussels by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.Europe
13. 1862American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.North America
14. 1862American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved.North America
15. 1872Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.North America
16. 1881In New Zealand, 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce march on the pacifist Māori settlement at Parihaka, evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the New Zealand land confiscations.Oceania
17. 1895George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.North America
18. 1898Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.Europe
19. 1911After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.Middle EastEuropeAfrica
20. 1912Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.North America
21. 1913King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.Europe
22. 1914World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.EuropeMiddle East
23. 1916The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.North America
24. 1916The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.Europe
25. 1917Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.Europe
26. 1925Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.Europe
27. 1940World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.Europe
28. 1940Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.North America
29. 1943World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.Europe
30. 1945The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.Africa
31. 1950Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.AsiaEuropeOceania
32. 1955After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.Europe
33. 1956Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.Middle EastEurope
34. 1968Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.North America
35. 1970The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).AsiaNorth America
36. 1983The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.Europe
37. 1986USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.AsiaNorth America
38. 1990Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.North America
39. 1991Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.Asia
40. 1995André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.North America
41. 1996Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.North America
42. 1996Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.Asia
43. 2006Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims.Middle East
44. 2007China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.Asia
45. 2007The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.North America
46. 2009U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.North America
47. 2010JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.Asia
48. 2013India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.Asia
49. 2015Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.North America
50. 2015An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.Latin America
51. 2017Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.North America
52. 2021The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalizedNorth America
53. 2024Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.North America

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