| 126241 | November 5 | Event | 1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. |
| 126242 | November 5 | Event | 1768 – 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. |
| 126243 | November 5 | Event | 1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. |
| 126244 | November 5 | Event | 1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. |
| 126245 | November 5 | Event | 1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia. |
| 126246 | November 5 | Event | 1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman. |
| 126247 | November 5 | Event | 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. |
| 126248 | November 5 | Event | 1862 – 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. |
| 126249 | November 5 | Event | 1872 – 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. |
| 126250 | November 5 | Event | 1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. |
| 126251 | November 5 | Event | 1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. |
| 126252 | November 5 | Event | 1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States. |
| 126253 | November 5 | Event | 1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III. |
| 126254 | November 5 | Event | 1914 – World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire. |
| 126255 | November 5 | Event | 1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. |
| 126256 | November 5 | Event | 1916 – 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. |
| 126257 | November 5 | Event | 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) |
| 126258 | November 5 | Event | 1917 – Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. |
| 126259 | November 5 | Event | 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. |
| 126260 | November 5 | Event | 1940 – World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. |
| 126261 | November 5 | Event | 1943 – World War II: Bombing of the Vatican. |
| 126262 | November 5 | Event | 1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations. |
| 126263 | November 5 | Event | 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. |
| 126264 | November 5 | Event | 1955 – After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio. |
| 126265 | November 5 | Event | 1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. |
| 126266 | November 5 | Event | 1970 – The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24). |
| 126267 | November 5 | Event | 1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured. |
| 126268 | November 5 | Event | 1986 – USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949. |
| 126269 | November 5 | Event | 1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason. |
| 126270 | November 5 | Event | 1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel. |