Historical Events In August - 05

0135  Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome on this day in history.  

0642  Battle of Maserfield on this day in history.  

0882  On this day in history france's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king  

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 August - 05.  

1063  On this day in history gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1071  On this day in history emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1391  On August - 05 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  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on this day in history.  

1435  Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen on this day in history.  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating on this day in history.  

1543  On August - 05 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 this day in history.  

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

1610  Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.  

1623  On this day in history antonio Cesti, composer  

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

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.  

1654  On August - 05 french troops occupy Stenay  

1666  On August - 05 english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter  

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on August - 05.  

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

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

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on August - 05.  

1716  On this day in history battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks  

1745  On August - 05 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.  

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.  

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

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.  

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.  

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

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.  

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

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.  

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