Historical Events In August - 05

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

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  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  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on this day in history.  

1100  On August - 05 henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.  

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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.  

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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  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 August - 05.  

1540  On this day in history joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on August - 05.  

1583  On August - 05 gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)  

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.  

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

1607  On this day in history 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 August - 05 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 August - 05 french troops occupy Stenay  

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on this day in history.  

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on August - 05.  

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 this day in history 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.  

1694  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer on August - 05.  

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

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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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 05 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 August - 05.  

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

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  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 August - 05.