What are the important events that happened on November 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 5: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 5 is the 309^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 23, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,762,300,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaenneagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,702 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 5 Historical Events

• 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.
• 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.
• 1913 –
  King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• 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.
• 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.

Who were born on November 5?

• 1854 –
  Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and banking executive (d. 1920)
• 1894 –
  Beardsley Ruml, American economist and tax plan author (d. 1960)
• 1895 –
  Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
• 1910 –
  General Sir John Hackett, Australian-British soldier, author (d. 1997)
• 1911 –
  Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1956 –
  Denise Jannah, Dutch Suriname-born jazz vocalist
• 1960 –
  René Froger, Dutch singer
• 1962 –
  Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
• 1965 –
  Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte of Bulgaria
• 1973 –
  Danniella Westbrook, English actress

Who died on November 5?

• 1370 –
  King Casimir III the Great of Poland (b. 1310)
• 1758 –
  Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
• 1879 –
  James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
• 1964 –
  Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
• 1979 –
  Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
• 1985 –
  Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
• 2000 –
  Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
• 2003 –
  Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
• 2010 –
  Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord and co-leader (Gulf Cartel) (b. 1962)
• 2010 –
  Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)