Historical Events In August - 05

0135  On this day in history betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome  

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  Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.  

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  On this day in history anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen  

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

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on this day in history.  

1583  Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on August - 05.  

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.  

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

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

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

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  French troops occupy Stenay on this day in history.  

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on August - 05.  

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  On August - 05 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer  

1711  On August - 05 johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer  

1716  On August - 05 battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks  

1745  On this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  

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

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.  

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.  

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

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

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1624  On this day in history 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  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

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

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

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.  

1579  On August - 05 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  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.