November 5

### Up to 1900

- 1138 – Ly Anh Tong becomes Emperor of Vietnam at the age of two years, starting a 37–year reign.
- 1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
- 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament fails. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators are arrested, ending the plot led by Robert Catesby.
- 1688 – Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham. James II of England is prevented from meeting him in battle because many of his officers and men desert to the other side.
- 1743 – Coordinated scientific observations of the planet Mercury are organised 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.
- 1811 – Priest José Matías Delgado begins El Salvador's 1811 independence campaign.
- 1831 – Nat Turner, American slave rebellion leader, is tried, convicted and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- 1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to dissolve when Nicaragua breaks away.
- 1844 – James K. Polk is elected President of the United States.
- 1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman takes place.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union army for the second, and final, time.
- 1872 – Susan B. Anthony defies the ban on female suffrage (voting), by voting in the United States Presidential election; In the election, Ulysses S. Grant is elected to a second term.
- 1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first US patent for an automobile.

### 1901 – 2000

- 1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, Italy takes control of Tripoli and Cyrenaica in present–day Libya.
- 1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the United States. William Taft, in finishing third (behind Theodore Roosevelt running for the Progressive Party), scores the worst–ever result of a US President seeking re–election.
- 1913 – Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, the Prince–Regent, who becomes Ludwig III of Bavaria.
- 1914 – World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed.
- 1917 – The provisional government of Estonia is overthrown, in the run–up to the October Revolution in Russia, which is so named because of the Julian Calendar in use in Russia at the time.
- 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to serve a record third term as President of the United States.
- 1942 – World War II: The United Kingdom wins the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt.
- 1943 – World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
- 1945 – Colombia joins the UN.
- 1967 – A train crash at Hither Green, in Southeast London, kills 49 people.
- 1968 – Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States, over Hubert H. Humphrey.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: The US Military Assistance command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years, at 24.
- 1982 – The Itaipu Dam is opened on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. São Paulo is among the places that it supplies electricity to.
- 1987 – Anti–Apartheid activist Govan Mbeki is released after 24 years in prison.
- 1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far–right Kach movement, is shot dead after giving a speech in a New York City hotel.
- 1994 – President Ronald Reagan announces that he has Alzheimer's disease in order to raise public awareness of the disease.
- 1994 – George Foreman wins the Heavyweight World Boxing Title, 20 years after his win in the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974.
- 1995 – André Dallaire attempts to kill Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien.
- 1996 – Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto's government, and dissolves Pakistan's National Assembly.
- 1996 – Flooding is caused in thinly–inhabited parts of Iceland, after the volcano under the Grimsvotn ice cap erupts.
- 1996 – Bill Clinton is elected to serve a second term as President of the United States, defeating Senator Bob Dole.

### From 2001

- 2003 – Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
- 2006 – Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity. He is sentenced to death.
- 2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
- 2009 – United States Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan goes on a shooting rampage, killing 13, and wounding 30 people at Fort Hood, Texas. It is the worst mass shooting ever to take place at a US military base.
- 2013 – The Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (Magalyaan) is successfully launched by the ISRO.
- 2013 – US Elections: Democrat Bill de Blasio is elected Mayor of New York City over Joseph Lhota; Democrat Terry McAuliffe is elected Governor of Virginia over Ken Cuccinelli; Republican Chris Christie is re–elected Governor of New Jersey over Barbara Buono.
- 2017 – Sutherland Springs church shooting: 26 people are killed in a shooting in at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
- 2017 – Paradise Papers: The Süddeutsche Zeitung publishes 13.4 million documents leaked from offshore firm Appleby, revealing business dealings (including controversial tax arrangements) of celebrities, politicians (and their close associates), major companies and business leaders. The documents are shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

### Up to 1800

- 1271 – Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
- 1494 – Hans Sachs, German meistersinger (d. 1576)
- 1549 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
- 1592 – Charles Chauncy, English–born President of Harvard College (d. 1672)
- 1607 – Anna Maria von Schurman, Dutch–German polymath (d. 1678)
- 1613 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
- 1615 – Ibrahim I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1648)
- 1666 – Attilio Ariosti, Italian composer (d. 1729)
- 1667 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
- 1701 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
- 1705 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist (d. 1770)
- 1739 – Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglington, Scottish peer, composer and politician (d. 1819)
- 1754 – Alejandro Malaspina, Italian–Spanish admiral and nobleman (d. 1809)
- 1779 – Washington Allston, American painter and writer (d. 1843)
- 1787 – John Richardson, Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer (d. 1865)

### 1801 – 1900

- 1810 – Alphonso Taft, United States Attorney General, father of William Howard Taft (d. 1891)
- 1818 – Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
- 1851 – Charles Dupuy, Prime Minister of France (d. 1923)
- 1854 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist (d. 1941)
- 1855 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
- 1855 – Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
- 1857 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
- 1864 – Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, English–Scottish artist and designer (d. 1933)
- 1870 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian politician (d. 1925)
- 1873 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player (d. 1935)
- 1878 – Kuzma Petrov-Vadkin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- 1885 – Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
- 1887 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian pianist (d. 1961)
- 1889 – Andrejs Kapmals, Latvian runner (d. 1994)
- 1890 – Jan Zrzavy, Czech painter (d. 1977)
- 1891 – Greasy Neale, American football coach and baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1892 – John Alcock, British pilot (d. 1919)
- 1892 – J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
- 1893 – Raymond Loewy, French–American industrial designer (d. 1986)
- 1895 – Walter Gieseking, German pianist (d. 1956)
- 1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)

### 1901 – 1950

- 1904 – Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian footballer (d. 1980)
- 1905 – John Whedon, American screenwriter (d. 1991)
- 1906 – Fred Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1911 – Marie Osborne, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
- 1914 – Emmanuel Nsubuga, Archbishop of Kampala (d. 1991)
- 1916 – Willoughby Gray, English actor (d. 1993)
- 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Douglass North, American economist (d. 2015)
- 1920 – John H. Land, American politician, Mayor of Apopka, Florida (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 2004)
- 1921 – Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Queen of Iran (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Cecil H. Underwood, 25th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (_Der Spiegel_ magazine) (d. 2002)
- 1926 – John Berger, English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (d. 2017)
- 1929 – Lennart Johansson, Swedish football official, former UEFA President
- 1930 – Clifford Irving, American author (d. 2017)
- 1930 – Hans Mommsen, German historian (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Charles Taylor, Canadian philosopher
- 1931 – Ike Turner, American musician (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Geoffrey Bolton, Australian historian (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Lester Piggott, British jockey
- 1936 – Uwe Seeler, German footballer
- 1938 – Joe Dassin, American singer (d. 1980)
- 1938 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
- 1938 – Jim Steranko, American graphic artist
- 1939 – Lobsang Tenzin, 5th Prime Minister of the Tibetan government–in–exile
- 1940 – Anthony Rolfe Johnson, British tenor (d. 2010)
- 1940 – Elke Sommer, German actress
- 1940 – Ted Kulongoski, American politician and former Governor of Oregon
- 1941 – Art Garfunkel, American musician
- 1941 – Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director and screenwriter
- 1942 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1943 – Sam Shepard, American actor, writer and playwright (d. 2017)
- 1946 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
- 1947 – Peter Noone, British singer
- 1947 – Franco Trappoli, Italian politician
- 1948 – Bob Barr, American politician
- 1948 – William Daniel Phillips, American physicist
- 1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French writer
- 1950 – Thorbjorn Jagland, Norwegian politician

### 1951 – 1975

- 1951 – Tony Evers, American politician, elected 66th Governor of Wisconsin
- 1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
- 1952 – Bill Walton, American basketball player
- 1953 – Joyce Maynard, American author
- 1954 – Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer and coach
- 1954 – Jeffrey Sachs, American economist
- 1955 – Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
- 1955 – Kris Jenner, American television personality
- 1957 – Kellen Winslow, American football player
- 1957 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American model and actor (d. 1984)
- 1958 – Don Falcone, American musician and producer
- 1958 – Mo Gaffney, American actress and comedienne
- 1958 – Robert Patrick, American actor
- 1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1960 – Tilda Swinton, British actress
- 1961 – Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut (d. 2012)
- 1962 – Turid Birkeland, Norwegian politician (d. 2015)
- 1963 – Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer
- 1963 – Andrea McArdle, American actress
- 1963 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer
- 1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1964 – Abedi Pele, Ghanaian footballer
- 1964 – Famke Janssen, Dutch actress, director, producer, screenwriter and model
- 1966 – Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
- 1966 – Nayim, Spanish footballer
- 1967 – Judy Reyes, American actress
- 1968 – Sam Rockwell, American actor
- 1969 – Pat Kilbane, American actor and comedian
- 1970 – Tamzin Outhwaite, British actress
- 1970 – Shaun Murphy, Irish–Australian footballer
- 1971 – Chris Addison, English comedian
- 1971 – Jonny Greenwood, English musician (Radiohead)
- 1971 – Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
- 1971 – Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Johnny Damon, American baseball player
- 1973 – Danniella Westbrook, British actress
- 1974 – Ryan Adams, American singer
- 1974 – Dado Prso, Croatian footballer
- 1974 – Chris Sununu, American politician, 82nd Governor of New Hampshire
- 1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter (Steps)

### From 1976

- 1976 – Claudia Llosa, Peruvian movie director
- 1977 – Yonas Kifle, Eritrean runner
- 1977 – Brittney Skye, American pornographic actress
- 1978 – Bubba Watson, American golfer
- 1978 – Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2011)
- 1979 – Keith McLeod, American basketball player
- 1979 – David Suazo, Honduran footballer
- 1979 – Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek–Cypriot songwriter and singer
- 1979 – Patrick Owomoyela, German footballer
- 1980 – Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- 1980 – Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
- 1980 – Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman and politician
- 1981 – Ksenia Sobchak, Russian television personality and politician
- 1982 – Rob Swire, Australian singer, musician and record producer
- 1983 – Alexa Chung, British television presenter and former fashion model
- 1983 – Mike Hanke, German footballer
- 1983 – Andrew Hayden-Smith, English actor
- 1984 – Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian–Russian ice hockey player
- 1986 – BoA, South Korean singer
- 1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- 1986 – Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer
- 1986 – Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player
- 1987 – O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
- 1987 – Kevin Jonas, American musician (The Jonas Brothers)
- 1988 – Bailey Jay, American pornographic actress
- 1988 – Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
- 1992 – Odell Beckham Jr., American football player
- 1992 – Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
- 1994 – AJ Pritchard, English dancer and choreographer

### Up to 1950

- 1370 – Casimir III the Great, King of Poland (b. 1310)
- 1515 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1476)
- 1714 – Bernardino Ramazzani, Italian physician (b. 1633)
- 1758 – Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
- 1807 – Angelica Kauffman, Swiss–Austrian painter (b. 1741)
- 1828 – Maria Fyodorovna of Russia (b. 1759)
- 1876 – Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
- 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
- 1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist (b. 1858)
- 1933 – Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress and musician (b. 1884)
- 1933 – Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
- 1937 – Hadji Ali, vaudeville performance artist (b. between 1887 and 1892)
- 1942 – George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer and composer (b. 1878)
- 1944 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)

### 1951 – 2000

- 1955 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)
- 1956 – Art Tatum, American jazz musician (b. 1909)
- 1960 – Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1960 – Johnny Horton, American country singer (b. 1925)
- 1975 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
- 1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist (b. 1909)
- 1977 – René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926)
- 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
- 1979 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- 1981 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan religious figure (b. 1924)
- 1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious figure (b. 1895)
- 1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (b. 1925)
- 1987 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and TV host (b. 1922)
- 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian–born pianist (b. 1903)
- 1990 – Meir Kahane, rabbi (b. 1932)
- 1991 – Robert Maxwell, Slovakian–born media tycoon (b. 1923)
- 1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1992 – Adile Ayda, Turkish diplomat (b. 1912)
- 1997 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian philosopher and educator (b. 1909)
- 2000 – Jimmie Davis, American country music singer and politician (b. 1899)

### From 2001

- 2001 – Gholam Reza Azhari, Prime Minister of Iran
- 2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Bob Hatfield, American singer (The Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
- 2006 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician (b. 1925)
- 2006 – Pietro Rava, Italian footballer (b. 1916)
- 2007 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Shirley Verrett, American opera singer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Elliott Carter, American composer (b. 1908)
- 2014 – Manitas de Plata, French flamenco guitarist (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Lane Evans, American politician (b. 1951)
- 2014 – Alexei Devotchenko, Russian actor and activist (b. 1965)
- 2015 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (b. 1923)
- 2015 – George Barris, American automobile designer (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Hans Mommsen, German historian (b. 1930)
- 2015 – Czeslaw Kiszczak, former Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1925)
- 2017 – Nancy Friday, American author (b. 1933)
- 2017 – Devin Patrick Kelley, American mass shooter (b. 1991)
- 2017 – Robert Knight, American singer (b. 1973)
- 2017 – Dionatan Teixeira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1992)
- 2017 – Mansour bin Muqrin, Saudi businessman and politician (b. 1973)
- 2017 – Lothar Thoms, German track cyclist (b. 1956)
- 2018 – Keith Christiansen, Canadian–American ice hockey player (b. 1944)
- 2018 – Héctor Ferrer, Puerto Rican politician (b. 1970)
- 2019 – Omero Antonutti, Italian actor (b. 1935)
- 2019 – Ernest J. Gaines, American author (b. 1933)

## Holidays

- Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, Canada and New Zealand