Historical Events In August - 05
Friday, 11 July 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 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 this day in history.
1063 On this day in history gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on this day in history.
1100 On this day in history henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1157 On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
1264 On August - 05 anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
1305 On August - 05 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 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed on August - 05.
1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers on this day in history.
1420 On this day in history duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina
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 August - 05.
1543 On August - 05 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 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1644 On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
1654 On this day in history french troops occupy Stenay
1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on this day in history.
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 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 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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