November 05

November 05, 1879

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

November 05, 1877

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

November 05, 1839

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

November 05, 1688

William of Orange arrives in England with 15,000 men