On this day: November 5

Events on November 5

• 1009 Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish. Wikipedia
• 1138 Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. Wikipedia
• 1556 At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India. Wikipedia
• 1605 The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the House of Lords. Wikipedia
• 1757 Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach. Wikipedia
• 1854 Crimean War: Despite being severely outnumbered, and fighting in heavy foggy conditions, the allied armies of the United Kingdom and France defeated the Russians in present-day Inkerman, Ukraine. Wikipedia
• 1911 After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. Wikipedia
• 1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft. Wikipedia
• 1914 World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
• 1916 An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in seven deaths. Wikipedia
• 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term. Wikipedia
• 1943 World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war. Wikipedia
• 1944 World War II: Allied forces began a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore. Wikipedia
• 1950 Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon. Wikipedia
• 1952 An earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a major tsunami that affected the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia
• 1956 Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign. Wikipedia
• 1968 Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States. Wikipedia
• 1990 Israeli ultra-nationalist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman. Wikipedia
• 1995 Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa. Wikipedia
• 1996 Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States. Wikipedia
• 2003 American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder. Wikipedia
• 2007 The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google. Wikipedia
• 2009 U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13. Wikipedia
• 2013 The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe. Wikipedia
• 2017 Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Wikipedia
• 2024 Donald 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. Wikipedia

Born on November 5

• 1615 Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (died 1648) Wikipedia
• 1854 Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941) Wikipedia
• 1885 Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (died 1981) Wikipedia
• 1892 J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (died 1964) Wikipedia
• 1913 Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967) Wikipedia
• 1938 Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (died 1980) Wikipedia
• 1941 Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia
• 1943 Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (died 2017) Wikipedia
• 1948 William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia
• 1948 Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author Wikipedia
• 1952 Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author Wikipedia
• 1952 Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1954 Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic Wikipedia
• 1959 Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor Wikipedia
• 1960 Tilda Swinton, English actress Wikipedia
• 1963 Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1968 Sam Rockwell, American actor Wikipedia
• 1984 Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner Wikipedia
• 1986 Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer Wikipedia
• 1986 BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actress Wikipedia
• 1988 Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer Wikipedia
• 1992 Marco Verratti, Italian footballer Wikipedia

Died on November 5

• 1370 Casimir III the Great, Polish king (born 1310) Wikipedia
• 1807 Angelica Kauffman, painter (born 1741) Wikipedia
• 1879 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (born 1831) Wikipedia
• 1930 Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858) Wikipedia
• 1944 Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873) Wikipedia
• 1956 Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 1960 Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880) Wikipedia
• 1975 Edward Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 1977 René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (born 1926) Wikipedia
• 1989 Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1903) Wikipedia
• 1992 Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900) Wikipedia
• 1997 Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 2005 John Fowles, English novelist (born 1926) Wikipedia
• 2006 Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1925) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Saint Domninus of Grenoble Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Berthild of Chelles Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Galation Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Guido Maria Conforti Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Hryhoriy Lakota Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Bank Transfer Day (United States) Wikipedia
• Colón Day (Panama) Wikipedia
• Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country) Wikipedia
• Cinco de noviembre (Negros, Philippines) Wikipedia
• Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India) Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “November 5” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/November 5” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “November 5” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for November 5 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.