Historical Events In August - 05
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
0135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome on August - 05.
0642 Battle of Maserfield on August - 05.
0882 France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king on this day in history.
0910 On August - 05 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.
1063 Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.
1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on this day in history.
1100 On August - 05 henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1157 On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
1264 On this day in history anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
1305 On this day in history william Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
1388 On this day in history battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.
1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed on August - 05.
1399 On August - 05 battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers
1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on August - 05.
1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen on this day in history.
1540 On this day in history joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
1543 On this day in history french & Turkish troops occupy Nice
1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on August - 05.
1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock on this day in history.
1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized on August - 05.
1607 On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer
1610 Alonso GarcÃa de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.
1623 Antonio Cesti, composer on this day in history.
1624 On this day in history william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America
1644 J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.
1654 On this day in history french troops occupy Stenay
1666 On this day in history english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter
1667 On this day in history state of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
1689 On August - 05 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 On this day in history 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.
1694 On August - 05 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer
1711 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on August - 05.
1716 Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on this day in history.
1745 On August - 05 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots
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