Historical Events In August - 05

0135  On August - 05 betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome  

0642  Battle of Maserfield on August - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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

1391  Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed on August - 05.  

1399  Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers on August - 05.  

1420  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on August - 05.  

1435  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)  

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on this day in history.  

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

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

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

1623  On August - 05 antonio Cesti, composer  

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

1667  On August - 05 state of Holland obtain Eternal Edict  

1689  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 on August - 05.  

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

1694  On this day in history leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer  

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on this day in history.  

1716  Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on August - 05.  

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on this day in history.  

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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  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

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

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

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

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

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

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.