Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 5
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This is a list of selected November 5 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.November 5: Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries
- 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot: Thomas Knyvet arrested explosives expert Guy Fawkes (pictured) and foiled Robert Catesby's plot to destroy the Houses of Parliament in London during the State Opening.
- 1688 – Glorious Revolution: Protestant Prince William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon, on his way to depose his father-in-law King James II, the last Catholic monarch of England.
- 1838 – The collapse of the Federal Republic of Central America began with Nicaragua seceding from the union.
- 1872 – American Suffragette Susan B. Anthony voted in the U.S. presidential election for the first time in Rochester, New York. She was later fined US$100 for her participation, which she never paid, and the government never pursued her for nonpayment.
- 1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
More events: November 4 – November 5 – November 6
