Events That Happened on November 5

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.

The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized

Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

An 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.

Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.

U.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.

China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.

The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

Saddam 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.

Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.

Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.

André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.

The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.

Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.

The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

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.

World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

In 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.

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.

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

American 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.

Founding of the Free University of Brussels by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.

Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.

Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.

French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The 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.

Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

Prince 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).

Gunpowder 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.

Second 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.

The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.

Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

Matty Beniers, American ice hockey player

Jordan Bone, American basketball player

Trey Lyles, Canadian basketball player

Astou Ndour-Fall, Senegalese-Spanish basketball player

Hideya Tawada, Japanese actor and model

Odell Beckham Jr., American football player

Marco Verratti, Italian footballer

Flume, Australian DJ and producer

Jon Gray, American baseball player

Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler

D. J. Kennedy, American basketball player

Yannick Borel, French fencer

Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer

Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor

Jason Kelce, American football player

O. J. Mayo, American basketball player

BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actress

Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player

Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer

Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer

Michel Butter, Dutch runner

Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter

Annet Mahendru, American actress

Jon Cornish, Canadian football player

Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player

Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler

Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner

John Sutton, Australian rugby league player

Nick Tandy, English racing driver

Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

Alexa Chung, English model and television host

Mike Hanke, German footballer

Juan Morillo, Dominican baseball player

Leah Culver, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founder of Pownce

Bryan LaHair, American baseball player

Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

Matthew Williams, Welsh footballer

Paul Chapman, Australian footballer

Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer

Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver

Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor

Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman and politician

Christoph Metzelder, German footballer

Orkun Uşak, Turkish footballer

Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress

Michalis Hatzigiannis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and producer

Keith McLeod, American basketball player

David Suazo, Honduran footballer and coach

Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (died 2011)

Bubba Watson, American golfer

Maarten Tjallingii, Dutch cyclist

Richard Wright, English footballer and coach

Sebastian Arcelus, American actor

Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter

Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Angela Gossow, German singer-songwriter

Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer and coach

Taine Randell, New Zealand rugby player

Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player and sportscaster

Johnny Damon, American baseball player

Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player and manager

Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player

Jonny Greenwood, English guitarist and songwriter

Rob Jones, Welsh-English footballer and coach

Corin Nemec, American actor, producer and screenwriter

Mårten Olander, Swedish golfer

Javy López, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Pat Kilbane, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter

Ricardo Fort, Argentinian actor, director and businessman (died 2013)

Seth Gilliam, American actor

Sam Rockwell, American actor

Judy Reyes, American actress and producer

James Allen, English journalist and sportscaster

Nayim, Spanish footballer and manager

Urmas Kirs, Estonian footballer and manager

Atul Gawande, American surgeon and journalist

Angelo Moore, American singer and musician

Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer and scout

Andrea McArdle, American actress and singer

Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author

Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer and manager

Brian Wheat, American bass player and songwriter

Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (died 2015)

Michael Gaston, American actor

Abedi Pele, Ghanaian footballer and manager

Marcus J. Ranum, American computer scientist and author

Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot and astronaut (died 2012)

René Froger, Dutch singer-songwriter

Tilda Swinton, English actress

Mark West, American basketball player

Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor

Tomo Česen, Slovenian mountaineer

Don Falcone, American keyboard player, songwriter and producer

Mo Gaffney, American actress and screenwriter

Robert Patrick, American actor

Mike Score, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (died 1999)

John Harwood, American journalist

Lavrentis Machairitsas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

Michael Sorridimi, Australian rugby league player

Jeff Watson, American guitarist and songwriter

Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic

Kris Jenner, American talent manager and businesswoman

Nestor Serrano, American actor

Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author

Vincenzo D'Amico, Italian footballer (died 2023)

Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2020)

Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic

Joyce Maynard, American journalist, author and academic

Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and manager

Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author

Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2024)

Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Norway

James Kennedy, American psychologist and author

Armin Shimerman, American actor

Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician

Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author

William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Quint Davis, American director and producer

Peter Noone, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)

Peter Pace, American general

Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician

Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Russian fencer and coach

Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author (died 2007)

Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper (died 2022)

Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (died 2017)

Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)

Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director and screenwriter

Bill Schlesinger, American baseball player (died 2023)

Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon

Elke Sommer, German actress

Lobsang Tenzin, Tibetan religious leader

Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (died 1980)

Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator

Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore

Harris Yulin, American actor (died 2025)

Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (died 2001)

Uwe Seeler, German footballer (died 2022)

Billy Sherrill, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (died 2015)

Lester Piggott, English flat racing jockey and trainer (died 2022)

Christopher Wood, English author and screenwriter (died 2015)

Jeb Stuart Magruder, American minister and civil servant (died 2014)

Herb Edelman, American actor (died 1996)

Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (died 2001)

Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist and academic (died 2013)

Gil Hill, American actor, police officer and politician (died 2016)

Harold McNair, Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player (died 1971)

Diane Pearson, British book editor and novelist (died 2017)

Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2007)

Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016)

Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (died 2015)

Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician (died 2009)

John Berger, English author, poet, painter and critic (died 2017)

Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founder of Der Spiegel (died 2002)

Violet Barclay, American illustrator (died 2010)

Yitzchok Scheiner, American-Israeli rabbi (died 2021)

Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia (died 2008)

Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1994)

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (died 2013)

Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (died 2012)

Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar and critic (died 1978)

Myron Floren, American accordionist and pianist (died 2005)

Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (died 2000)

Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (died 2007)

James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (died 2002)

Giuseppe Salvioli, Italian football player

Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator (died 2005)

Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter and cinematographer (died 2005)

Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967)

John McGiver, American actor (died 1975)

W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (died 1998)

Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (died 2010)

Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist and actor (died 1998)

John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic (died 1997)

Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (died 1944)

Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (died 2004)

Joel McCrea, American actor (died 1990)

Louis Rosier, French racing driver (died 1956)

Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet (died 1973)

Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1985)

Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer (died 2004)

Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge and politician (died 1972)

Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (died 1979)

Natalie Schafer, American actress (died 1991)

Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (died 1993)

Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (died 1991)

Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (died 1956)

Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (died 1956)

Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (died 1960)

Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer (died 1986)

J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (died 1964)

John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (died 1919)

Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1977)

Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator (died 1961)

Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (died 1961)

Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (died 1981)

James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1915)

P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator (died 1940)

George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (died 1961)

Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (died 1963)

Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (died 1935)

Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1925)

Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator (died 1944)

Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (died 1926)

Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist (died 1913)

Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group (died 1920)

Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)

Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France (died 1923)

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (died 1919)

Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1869)

Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher (died 1902)

Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1893)

William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (died 1868)

Richard Cosway, English painter (died 1821)

Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire (died 1819)

William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (died 1798)

John Brown, English author and playwright (died 1766)

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer (died 1770)

Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter and educator (died 1785)

Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1757)

Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (died 1719)

Attilio Ariosti, Italian viola player and composer (died 1729)

Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (died 1648)

Isaac de Benserade, French poet and educator (died 1691)

Anna Maria van Schurman, Dutch painter (died 1678)

Charles Chauncy, English-American pastor, theologian, and academic (died 1672)

Philippe de Mornay, French theologian and author (died 1623)

Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (died 1576)

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Tankerville, 1450–1460 (died 1466)

Ghazan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (died 1304)

Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949)

Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (born 1961)

Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (born 1949)

Pat E. Johnson, American martial artist and actor (born 1939)

Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor (born 1987)

Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer (born 1995)

Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (born 1927)

George Barris, American engineer and car designer (born 1925)

Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (born 1923)

Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)

Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (born 1930)

Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (born 1921)

Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (born 1951)

Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (born 1927)

Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (born 1946)

Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (born 1932)

Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (born 1934)

Tony Iveson, English soldier and pilot (born 1919)

Charles Mosley, English genealogist and author (born 1948)

Charlie Trotter, American chef and author (born 1959)

Stuart Williams, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1930)

Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (born 1920)

Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (born 1908)

Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (born 1938)

Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1936)

Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (born 1926)

Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (born 1926)

Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (born 1944)

Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (born 1943)

Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (born 1931)

Félix Luna, Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (born 1925)

Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1922)

Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1925)

John Fowles, English novelist (born 1926)

Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (born 1912)

Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)

Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (born 1932)

Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)

Roy Boulting, English director and producer (born 1913)

Milton William Cooper, American radio host, author, and activist (born 1943)

Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (born 1899)

Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (born 1926)

James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (born 1931)

Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (born 1920)

James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (born 1946)

Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (born 1909)

Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (born 1964)

Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (born 1934)

Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (born 1912)

Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (born 1903)

Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900)

Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (born 1923)

Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (born 1908)

Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1903)

Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (born 1922)

Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (born 1899)

Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Bobby Nunn, American singer (born 1925)

Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (born 1898)

Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1895)

Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (born 1924)

Louis Alter, American musician (born 1902)

Al Capp, American cartoonist (born 1909)

René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (born 1926)

Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (born 1902)

Alexey Stakhanov, Russian-Soviet miner, the Stakhanovite movement has been named after him (born 1906)

Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)

Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (born 1905)

Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (born 1898)

Sam Jones, American baseball player (born 1925)

Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (born 1916)

Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1893)

Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (born 1902)

Ward Bond, American actor (born 1903)

Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (born 1895)

August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (born 1891)

Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)

Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (born 1909)

Maurice Utrillo, French painter (born 1883)

Reggie Walker, South African runner (born 1889)

Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (born 1863)

Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (born 1877)

Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)

George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (born 1878)

Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (born 1905)

Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (born 1860)

Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (born 1851)

Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (born 1884)

Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (born 1856)

Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (born 1866)

Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)

Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (born 1861)

Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (born 1872)

Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (born 1880)

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (born 1831)

Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (born 1824)

Thomas Sully, English-American painter (born 1783)

Angelica Kauffman, painter (born 1741)

Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (born 1686)

Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (born 1670)

Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (born 1633)

Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1659)

Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (born 1591)

Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (born 1599)

Nyaungyan Min, Birmese king (born 1555)

Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter and educator (born 1476)

Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (born 1474)

John Fastolf, English soldier (born 1380)

John IV, Count of Armagnac (born 1396)

Casimir III the Great, Polish king (born 1310)

Elisabeth of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León (born 1205)

Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Castilian nobleman

Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (born 949)

Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (born 911)

Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople

Christian feast day: All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds

Christian feast day: Domninus

Christian feast day: Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist

Christian feast day: Galation

Christian feast day: Guido Maria Conforti

Christian feast day: Magnus

Christian feast day: November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Bank Transfer Day (United States)

Colón Day (Panama)

Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country)

Cinco de noviembre (Negros, Philippines)

Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)