Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  On this day in history battle of Maserfield  

0882  France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king on August - 05.  

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

1264  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany on August - 05.  

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  Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England on this day in history.  

1391  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 05 french & Turkish troops occupy Nice  

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

1587  On August - 05 spanish troops conquer Lock  

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

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

1610  On August - 05 alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile  

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on August - 05.  

1624  On this day in history william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America  

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

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 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 August - 05 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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1301  On this day in history 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 August - 05.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.  

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)  

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

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