Historical Events In August - 05

0135  Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome on August - 05.  

0642  Battle of Maserfield on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  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  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 August - 05.  

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1388  On this day in history 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  Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers on this day in history.  

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

1543  On this day in history french & Turkish troops occupy Nice  

1583  On this day in history gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)  

1587  On August - 05 spanish troops conquer Lock  

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

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  Antonio Cesti, composer on August - 05.  

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

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

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.  

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  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.