November 05

Death of Edinburgh-born mathematician and physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

November 5, 1879

Opening of the original Mitchell Library, Glasgow, now the largest public reference library in Europe.

November 5, 1877

Chartist march on Newport Wales ends as militia fires on Chartists killing nine

November 5, 1839

William of Orange arrives in England with 15,000 men

November 5, 1688