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Memorial to the Morea expedition in Nafplio -
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Mars Orbiter
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1768 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy and the British Empire signed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, adjusting the boundary line between Iroquois lands and British colonial settlements that was previously established by the Royal Proclamation of 1763. | needs more footnotes |
| 1828 – Greek War of Independence: the last of the Ottoman forces departed the Morea (now known as the Peloponnese) after the French Morea expedition to recapture the peninsula. | primary sources, page numbers needed |
| 1838 – The collapse of the Federal Republic of Central America began with Nicaragua seceding from the union. | refimprove |
| 1854 – Crimean War: Despite being severely outnumbered, and fighting in heavy foggy conditions, the allied armies of the United Kingdom and France defeated the Russians at present-day Inkerman, Ukraine. | refimprove section |
| 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removed George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time. | unreferenced section |
| 1898 – Filipinos on Negros Island revolted against Spanish rule and established the short-lived Republic of Negros. | refimprove |
| 1913 – Otto, King of Bavaria, was deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumed the title Ludwig III. | refimprove, inadequate lead |
| 1916 – Emperors Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria issued the Act of 5th November, proposing the creation of a Kingdom of Poland, which would actually be a puppet state allied to and controlled by them. | refimprove section |
| 1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. | refimprove |
| 1925 – Sidney Reilly, known as the "Ace of Spies" and an inspiration for James Bond, was executed by the Soviet secret police. | Too much uncited |
| 1967 – A train derailed near Hither Green maintenance depot in London, killing 49 people and injuring 78 others. | single source |
| 1983 – Five workers on the Byford Dolphin semi-submersible oil rig were killed in an explosive decompression while drilling in the Frigg gas field in the North Sea. | multiple issues |
| 1984 – Morning Ireland, Ireland's highest-rated radio programme, was broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 for the first time. | refimprove section |
| 2007 – Led by Google, 34 companies established the Open Handset Alliance to develop open standards for mobile devices, leading to the development of the Android operating system. | Update needed banner |
| Hans Egede |d|1758| | Uncited prose |
| Luis Cernuda |d|1963| | Too long, uncited passages |
| Isaiah Berlin |d|1997 | unreffed section |
Eligible
- 1605 – The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the House of Lords.
- 1757 – Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1916 – An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in seven deaths.
- 1944 – World War II: Allied forces begin a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore.
- 1950 – Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.
- 1556 – At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India.
- 1990 – Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.
- 2009 – U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.
- Born/died: | Mariotto Albertinelli |d|1515| Anna Maria van Schurman |b|1607| Eugene V. Debs |b|1855| Ida Tarbell |b|1857|Otto Wahle |b|1879| James Clerk Maxwell |d|1879| B. Max Mehl |b|1884| Harold Innis |b|1894| Vivien Leigh |b|1913 Hadji Ali |d|1937| Mary W. Bacheler |d|1939| Kellen Winslow |b|1957|
Notes
- Richard Sorge (1944) appears on November 7, so Sidney Reilly should not appear in the same year
- Mars Global Surveyor (1996) appears on November 7, so Mars Orbiter Mission should not appear in the same year
November 5: Guy Fawkes Night in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, Guru Nanak Gurpurab (Sikhism, 2025)
Aline Chrétien
- 1138 – Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
- 1943 – World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
- 1995 – Aline Chrétien (pictured) thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.
- 2003 – American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.
- 2013 – The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.
- Louis Bertrand Castel (b. 1688)
- Edwin Flack (b. 1873)
- James Robert Baker (d. 1997)
- Habibollah Asgaroladi (d. 2013)
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