History Events on November 05

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

#José_Matías_Delgado

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

#Seven_Years'_War

Filipinos on Negros Island revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

#Negros_Island

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

#Augustin_de_La_Balme

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

#George_B._Selden

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

#President_of_Pakistan

Second Battle of Panipat: Fought between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and forces of Muslim Emperor Akbar.

#Second_Battle_of_Panipat

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.

#Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_States

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

#Otto_of_Bavaria

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

#Patriarch_Tikhon_of_Moscow

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

#Suez_Crisis

Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

#Android_(operating_system)

USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China - the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

#USS_Rentz_(FFG-46)

October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

#October_Revolution

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.

#Everett_massacre

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

#Catholicon_(trilingual_dictionary)

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

#Ottoman_Empire

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

#Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam

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

#André_Dallaire

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

#Franklin_D._Roosevelt

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

#American_Civil_War

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

#Byford_Dolphin

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

#Vienna_State_Opera

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 2 missing.

#Iron_ore

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

#Meir_Kahane

William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.

#William_III_of_England

Saddam Hussein, 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 Shi'a Muslims.

#Saddam_Hussein

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

#Greek_War_of_Independence

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

#Korean_War

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

#Woodrow_Wilson

American 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.

#American_Indian_Wars

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

#Chang'e_1

Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.

#Gunpowder_Plot

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

#French_Third_Republic

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

#Richard_Nixon

World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

#Bombing_of_the_Vatican

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

#Mars_Orbiter_Mission

Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injured 20 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.

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

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

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

Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.

Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 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.

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