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This is a list of selected November 5 anniversaries that appear in 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 might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1605 – The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled Robert Catesby's plot to destroy the House of Lords and all within it. Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot) is TFA for 2012
1757Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman/Austrian Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. unsourced and cut and pasted from PD
1768North American Indians and the British Empire signed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, adjusting the boundary line between Indian lands and British colonial settlements that was previously established by the Royal Proclamation of 1763. needs more footnotes
1854Crimean 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
1913Otto, King of Bavaria was deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumed the title Ludwig III. refimprove
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, self-contradictory
1917St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. referencing
1990Ultra-nationalist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman. too many external links

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November 5: Guy Fawkes Night in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries (1605)

Byford Dolphin semi-submersible oil rig

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