Historical Events In August - 05

0135  Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome on August - 05.   

0642  On August - 05 battle of Maserfield   

0882  France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king on August - 05.   

0910  The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred on this day in history.   

1063  On August - 05 gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1071  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on August - 05.   

1100  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

1264  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany on August - 05.   

1305  William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution on August - 05.   

1388  Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England on August - 05.   

1391  On this day in history castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed   

1399  On this day in history battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers   

1420  On August - 05 duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina   

1435  On August - 05 battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen   

1540  On August - 05 joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on August - 05.   

1583  Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on this day in history.   

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.   

1604  On this day in history john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1610  Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America on August - 05.   

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1654  On August - 05 french troops occupy Stenay   

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history state of Holland obtain Eternal Edict   

1689  On this day in history a band of 1,500 Iroquois surround the village of Lachine, Quebec during a violent thunderstorm and set fire to the houses; they then massacre 24 inhabitants and kidnap 90; 42 of the 90 are never seen again; they also kill about 200 more settlers and capture 100 in raids in the vicinity.   

1689  1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France on August - 05.   

1694  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer   

1716  Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on this day in history.   

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on August - 05.   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61