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On November 5, 1009: Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish.

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Featured moment · 1009

Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish.

Berbers, also known as Amazigh or Imazighen, are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. They are primarily connected by their use of Berber languages, which are part of the Afroasiatic language family.

People

Born on November 5

Matty Beniers 2002– American ice hockey player (born 2002)
Takehiro Tomiyasu 1998– Japanese footballer (born 1998)
Trey Lyles 1995– Canadian-American basketball player (born 1995)
Astou Ndour-Fall 1994– Spanish basketball player (born 1994)
Odell Beckham Jr. 1992– American football player (born 1992)
Marco Verratti 1992– Italian footballer (born 1992)
Flume 1991– Australian electronic musician (born 1991)
Jon Gray 1991– American baseball player (born 1991)
Shōdai Naoya 1991– Japanese sumo wrestler
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D. J. Kennedy 1989– American basketball player (born 1989)
Yannick Borel 1988– French fencer (born 1988)
Virat Kohli 1988– Indian cricketer (born 1988)
Kevin Jonas 1987– American musician (born 1987)
Jason Kelce 1987– American football player (born 1987)
O. J. Mayo 1987– American basketball player (born 1987)
BoA 1986– South Korean singer (born 1986)
Ian Mahinmi 1986– French basketball player (born 1986)
Kasper Schmeichel 1986– Danish footballer (born 1986)

People

Died on November 5

Ben Baldanza American business executive (1961–2024)
Elwood Edwards American voice actor (1949–2024)
Pat E. Johnson American martial artist (1939–2023)
Aaron Carter American singer (1987–2022)
Marília Mendonça Brazilian singer and songwriter (1995–2021)
Geoffrey Palmer British actor (1927–2020)
George Barris American automobile customizer (1925–2015)
Nora Brockstedt Norwegian singer
Soma Edirisinghe Sri Lankan businesswoman
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Czesław Kiszczak Polish general and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Poland
Hans Mommsen German historian (1930–2015)
Manitas de Plata Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)
Lane Evans American politician (1951–2014)
Wally Grant American ice hockey player (1927–2014)
Abdelwahab Meddeb French-language writer (1946–2014)
Habibollah Asgaroladi Iranian politician (1932–2013)
Juan Carlos Calabró Argentine actor and comedian
Tony Iveson Royal Air Force officer

Timeline

Every November 5 on record

  1. 1009 Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish.

    Ethnic group indigenous to North Africa

    Berbers, also known as Amazigh or Imazighen, are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. They are primarily connected by their use of Berber languages, which are part of the Afroasiatic language family.

  2. 1138 Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

    Emperor of Đại Việt from 1138 to 1175

    Emperor Lý Anh Tông of Đại Việt was the sixth emperor of the later Lý dynasty in Vietnamese history, from 1138 until his death in 1175. Since Lý Anh Tông, given name Lý Thiên Tộ, was chosen as the successor of his father Lý Thần Tông at the age of only two, the early period of his reign witnessed the dominant position of Đỗ Anh Vũ in the royal court until he died in 1157; afterwards, the Emperor ruled the country with the assistance of a prominent official named Tô Hiến Thành. The reign of Lý Anh Tông was considered the last relatively stable period of the Lý dynasty before the turbulence during the reign of Lý Cao Tông.

  3. 1499 The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.

    15th-century Breton-French-Latin dictionary

    The Catholicon is a 15th-century dictionary written in Breton, French, and Latin. It is the first Breton dictionary and also the first French dictionary. It contains six thousand entries and was compiled in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc, a man from Plougonven who was probably a priest.

  4. 1556 Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar.

    1556 battle during the Mughal conquest of the Sur Empire

    The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556, between the Mughals under Akbar and king Hemu, titularly known as Hemchandra Vikramaditya. Hemchandra had conquered Delhi and Agra a few weeks earlier by defeating Mughal forces under Tardi Beg Khan in the Battle of Delhi. He crowned himself Vikramaditya at Purana Quila in Delhi.

  5. 1605 Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England.

    1605 failed attempt to kill King James I of England

    The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby.

  6. 1688 Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland).
  7. 1757 Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
  8. 1768 The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed, 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.
  9. 1780 French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
  10. 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.
  11. 1828 Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
  12. 1834 Founding of the Free University of Brussels by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.
  13. 1862 American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
  14. 1862 American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved.
  15. 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.
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  1. 1881 In New Zealand, 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce march on the pacifist Māori settlement at Parihaka, evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the New Zealand land confiscations.
  2. 1895 George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
  3. 1898 Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  4. 1911 After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  5. 1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
  6. 1913 King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
  7. 1914 World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
  8. 1916 The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  9. 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.
  10. 1917 Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  11. 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.
  12. 1940 World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
  13. 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
  14. 1943 World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
  15. 1945 The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

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