November
5
Events
November
5
1138 – Ly
Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two,
starting a 37-year reign.
1499 – Publication of the Catholicon in Tréguier (Brittany).
This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan
Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first
French dictionary.
1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal
in the Netherlands.
1605 – The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the
Palace of Westminster, foils Robert Catesby's plot to destroy
the House of Lords and all within it.
1688 – The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands
at Brixham.
1743 – Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of
Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied
armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of
Rossbach.
1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust
the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements
set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated
by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rang the bells
of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection
and launching the 1811 Independence Movement
1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted,
and sentenced to death in Virginia.
1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate
when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B.
McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and
final time.
1862 – Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found
guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang.
38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
1872 – Women'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.
1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for
an automobile.
1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September
29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince
Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November
5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1916 – The 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.
1917 – October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader
Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional
Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian
Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow
and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy"
of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police
of the Soviet Union.
1937 – Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans
for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
1943 – Bombing of the Vatican.
1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations.
1950 – Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th
British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing
Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills
49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
1970 – Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command
in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death
toll in five years (24).
1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves
one severely injured.
1986 – USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao
(Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since
1949.
1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24
years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement,
is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's
wife locks the door.
1996 – President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses
the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves
the National Assembly of Pakistan.
2003 – Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48
counts of murder.
2006 – Saddam Hussein, 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 the role in the massacre
of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit
around the Moon.
2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 29
at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a US military
installation.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Domninus
Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
Galation
Magnus
Pope Zachary
November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Canadian
province of Newfoundland & Labrador), and its related observances:
West Country Carnival (West Country)
Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka)
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