November 5th, 1494

Born on November 5th, 1494

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What happened on November 5th?

November 5th, 2013

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.

November 5th, 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.

November 5th, 2003

American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.

November 5th, 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.

November 5th, 1990

Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.

November 5th, 1950

Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.

November 5th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces begin a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore.

November 5th, 1943

World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.

November 5th, 1916

An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in seven deaths.

November 5th, 1757

Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach.

November 5th, 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.

November 5th, 1556

At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India.

November 5th, 1945

The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

November 5th, 2017

Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

November 5th, 2015

Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 5th

Born on November 5th, 1494

81

Hans Sachs

German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker

*November 5th, 1494, Nuremberg †January 19th, 1576, Nuremberg

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Who's birthday is on November 5th?

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

56

Kayah

Polish singer

*November 5th, 1967, Warsaw

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

53

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

*November 5th, 1913, Darjeeling †July 8th, 1967, Eaton Square

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

63

Tilda Swinton

Scottish-British actress

*November 5th, 1960, London

73

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

*November 5th, 1943, Fort Sheridan †July 27th, 2017, Midway

60

Jean-Pierre Papin

French association football player and manager

*November 5th, 1963, Boulogne-sur-Mer

32

Ibrahim I

18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648

*November 5th, 1615, Constantinople †August 18th, 1648, Constantinople

55

Seth Gilliam

American actor

*November 5th, 1968, New York City

44

David Suazo

Honduran footballer

*November 5th, 1979, San Pedro Sula

75

Peter Hammill

English singer-songwriter

*November 5th, 1948, Ealing

68

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author and poet

*November 5th, 1850, Janesville †October 30th, 1919, New Haven County

24

Loena Hendrickx

Belgian figure skater

*November 5th, 1999, Turnhout

55

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Spanish-Italian actress

*November 5th, 1968, Rome

99

Kurt Gossweiler

German historian of modern age (1917-2017)

*November 5th, 1917, Stuttgart †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

59

Famke Janssen

Dutch actress

*November 5th, 1964, Amstelveen

37

Matthew Goss

Road bicycle racer

*November 5th, 1986, Launceston

60

Andrea McArdle

American singer and actress

*November 5th, 1963, Philadelphia

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Born in 1494

71

Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and caliph (1520–1566)

*November 6th, 1494, Trabzon †September 7th, 1566, Szigetvár

72

Johannes Agricola

Reformer, humanist

*April 20th, 1494, Lutherstadt Eisleben †September 22nd, 1566, Berlin

61

Georgius Agricola

German mineralogist

*March 24th, 1494, Glauchau †November 21st, 1555, Chemnitz

52

Francis I of France

King of France (1494-1547)

*September 12th, 1494, Cognac †March 31st, 1547, Rambouillet

63

Bona Sforza

Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*February 2nd, 1494, Vigevano †November 19th, 1557, Castello Normanno-Svevo

59

Ambrosius Moibanus

German theologian

*April 4th, 1494, Wrocław †January 16th, 1554, Wrocław

88

Antoinette de Bourbon

Duchess consort of Guise

*December 25th, 1494, Ham †January 22nd, 1583, Joinville

62

Pontormo

Florentine Mannerist painter

*May 24th, 1494, Empoli †December 31st, 1556, Florence

46

Rosso Fiorentino

Italian painter

*March 8th, 1494, Florence †November 14th, 1540, Paris

81

Francesco da Sangallo

Italian artist (1494-1576)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †February 17th, 1576, Florence

80

Francesco Maurolico

Greek mathematician and astronomer (*1494 – †1575)

*September 16th, 1494, Messina †July 22nd, 1575, Messina

63

Francesco Bacchiacca

Italian Renaissance painter (1494-1557)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †October 5th, 1557, Florence

60

Oronce Finé

French mathematician and cartographer (*1494 – †1555)

*December 20th, 1494, Briançon †August 8th, 1555, Paris

63

Wolfgang of the Palatinate

Count Palatine of Neumarkt, governor of the Upper Palatinate

*October 31st, 1494, Heidelberg †April 2nd, 1558, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

76

Johannes Scheubel

German mathematician

*January 1st, 1494, Kirchheim unter Teck †January 1st, 1570, Tübingen

26

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony

*November 12th, 1494, Köthen †October 7th, 1521, Weimar

24

Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and Margravine of Baden by marriage

*March 25th, 1494, Ansbach †May 31st, 1518, Pforzheim

74

Jean Parisot de la Valette

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*January 1st, 1494, La Valette-du-Var †August 21st, 1568, Malta

77

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders

Duchess consort of Guelders

*September 11th, 1494, Celle †April 2nd, 1572, Geldern

80

Takeda Nobutora

Daimyo who controlled the Province of Kai

*February 11th, 1494, Isawa †March 27th, 1574

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No: With 365 days 1494 is a normal year and no leap year.

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