Editing November 5 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[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]].<ref>{{citation |last=Fraser |first=Antonia |authorlink=Antonia Fraser |title=The Gunpowder Plot |publisher=Phoenix |year=2005 |origyear=1996 |isbn=0-7538-1401-3|pages=159–162}}</ref>
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[William III of England|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).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Miller |first=John |year=1997 |title=The Glorious Revolution |edition=2nd |isbn=978-0-582-29222-2 | page=199|publisher=Longman }}</ref>
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Frederick the Great]] defeats the allied armies of France and the [[Holy Roman Empire]] at the [[Battle of Rossbach]].
*[[1768]] &ndash; 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]].
*[[1780]] &ndash; French-American forces under [[Augustin de La Balme|Colonel LaBalme]] are [[La Balme's Defeat|defeated]] by Miami Chief [[Little Turtle]].
*[[1811]] &ndash; Salvadoran priest [[José Matías Delgado]] rings the bells of La Merced church in [[San Salvador]], calling for insurrection and launching the [[1811 Independence Movement]].
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: The French [[Morea expedition]] to recapture Morea (now the [[Peloponnese]]) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
*[[1834]] &ndash; Founding of the [[Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)|Free University of Brussels]] by [[Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pierre Théodore Verhaegen and St V |url=https://www.vub.be/en/about-vub/history-and-philosophy-vub/this-is-what-we-stand-for-essence-vub/our-philosophy/pierre-theodore-verhaegen-and-st-v |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Vrije Universiteit Brussel |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Abraham Lincoln]] removes [[George B. McClellan]] as commander of the [[Army of the Potomac]].
*  1862   &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: In [[Minnesota]], 303 [[Dakota people|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.
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[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.
* [[1881]] &ndash; In [[New Zealand]], 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs [[John Bryce]] march on the pacifist [[Māori people|Māori]] settlement at [[Parihaka]], evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the [[New Zealand land confiscations]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Invasion of pacifist settlement at Parihaka |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/occupation-pacifist-settlement-at-parihaka |website=New Zealand History |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221062151/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/occupation-pacifist-settlement-at-parihaka |archive-date=21 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[George B. Selden]] is granted the first U.S. [[patent]] for an automobile.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Negrenses|Negrese]] nationalists [[Negros Revolution|revolt]] against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived [[Republic of Negros]].