Historical Events In August - 05
Sunday, 17 August 2025
0135 On August - 05 betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome
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 this day in history.
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 On August - 05 gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on this day in history.
1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on August - 05.
1157 On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
1264 On August - 05 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 August - 05 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 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 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen on this day in history.
1540 On this day in history joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
1543 On this day in history french & Turkish troops occupy Nice
1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on this day in history.
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 Alonso GarcÃa de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.
1623 Antonio Cesti, composer on August - 05.
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 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on August - 05.
1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on August - 05.
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 this day in history.
1689 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France on August - 05.
1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer
1716 On this day in history battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks
1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on August - 05.
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