Historical Events In August - 05

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 García 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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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.   

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

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.