About the day » Sunday November 5, 1916Calender converter

• Aart Hak, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Anna Stallenberg, Voerendaal, Nederland († 2007)
• Aaltje Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Antonius Koppens, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Bernardus Petrus Hendricus Hendriks, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Blane Statzer, Hansonville, Russell, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Antonius Josefus Hermanus Bloo († 1999)
• Arend Koersen, Zalk († 1995)
• Arie Stolk, Nieuw-Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Christoffer Masson, Groningen († 1944)

• Bertie John Cook (26), Mined at sea off Yarmouth
• Catharina Johanna Maria van Hoorn (10), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Aagtje Pieters Battema (75), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Calvin Smith Bennett Sr. (67)
• Antonia Maria SPEEKENBRINK (50), Utrecht
• * Maria van de Kerkhof (73), Vlijmen
• Antje Tuijnman (78), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Kessel (69), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Hogeboom (Hoogeboom) (0), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Aart Hoogeboom (0), Apeldoorn

• 1912 » W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician († 1998)
• 1913 » Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2005)
• 1913 » John McGiver, American actor († 1975)
• 1913 » Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress († 1967)
• 1914 » Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1917 » Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana († 2007)
• 1917 » Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot († 2000)
• 1917 » James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general († 2002)
• 1919 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar, and critic († 1978)
• 1919 » Myron Floren, American accordion player and pianist († 2005)

• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

The temperature on November 5, 1916 was between 10.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.