1301 On this day in history 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 Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.
1540 On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.
1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.
1623 Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.
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 August - 05.
1063 Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.
1157 On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
1364 Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.
1572 Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.
1579 Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.
1610 Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.
1644 J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.