About November 5
November 5, 2025 is the 309th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 104 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 5
- 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.
- 1831 –Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- 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.
- 1911 –After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- 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.
- 1916 –The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1983 –Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- 1987 –Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
- 2007 –China’s first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
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