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5 November in history.

5 moments from 1499 to 2013: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.

5 moments

2013

India launches a mission to Mars. India's space agency sent the Mars Orbiter Mission on its way. It was the country's first probe to travel to another planet.

Wikipedia: ISRO

More from 5 November

  1. A page from Jehan Lagadeuc's Catholicon dictionary.

    1499

    The first Breton and French dictionary is published

    The Catholicon, written by Jehan Lagadeuc in 1464, was published. It was the first dictionary of the Breton language and also the first French dictionary.

    Wikipedia: Catholicon (trilingual dictionary)Wikipedia: TréguierWikipedia: Breton language

    Photo: Moreau.henri / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  2. 1872

    Susan B. Anthony casts a vote

    Women were not allowed to vote, but suffragist Susan B. Anthony voted anyway, for the first time in her life. She was later fined $100.

    Wikipedia: Women's suffrage in the United StatesWikipedia: Susan B. Anthony

  3. George B. Selden as a young man, around 1871.

    1895

    The first US car patent

    George B. Selden received the first patent for an automobile ever granted in the United States.

    Wikipedia: George B. SeldenWikipedia: Patent

    Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  4. The Chang'e 1 spacecraft.

    2007

    China's first Moon satellite reaches orbit

    Chang'e 1, China's first satellite sent to the Moon, settled into orbit around it.

    Wikipedia: Chang'e 1

    Photo: Nasa / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.